Billy Huntington was an active performer on banjo, guitar, bass and saxophone playing with the George Lewis band, Lawrence Marrero, Charlie Love, Steve Angrum, Emile Barnes, and Albert Jiles. He gave up performing traditional jazz in the 50s. (See Al Rose and Edmond Souchon, New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album, p. 58)
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Billy,
. You & I met up in the summer of 1954. we met Emile, Charlie Love, Babe Phillips at a rehearsal, then over to Wooden Joe’s. Unforgetable!
I’m, Preston McClanahan, writing up an essay on my love of early N.O. music. I’d like to get your take on ‘collective improvisation’. Check me out on https://marquistopartists.com/2020/03/05/preston-mcclanahan/
Best, Preston