Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. AYCOX. Vegas Club, and she had to have an operation the first night
I played with another band. We just played one night.
The next night, about a week later, we got a steady job there, and she
had to have an operation, and she told us he would be taking over and
handling both clubs until she got out of the hospital, and for us to
follow his orders, and that is how I met him.
One night he came out before she went to the hospital, and she
introduced me to him, and then he came out and emceed the show.
We had a show on Friday and Saturday nights at the Vegas Club and he
come out and emceed the show.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What kind of shows did he have at the Vegas Club on Friday
and Saturdays?
Mr. AYCOX. Just a rock-and-roll. Different artists come from other
clubs, recording artists around town come out and did three or four
numbers, tap dance and sing.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did they have any stripteasers at the Vegas Club?
Mr. AYCOX. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long did you work at the Vegas Club?
Mr. AYCOX. Let me see, it was 2 or 3 weeks before this came up.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember when you quit working at the Vegas?
Mr. AYCOX. Well, it was in the wintertime. It was kind of cold. I don’t
recall the date, but I think it was in November, I believe.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was it before or after President Kennedy was shot?
Mr. AYCOX. It was before.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long before President Kennedy was shot?
Mr. AYCOX. Well, it was about, maybe 3 or 4 days, or a week, or
something like that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How did you happen to quit?
Mr. AYCOX. Well, things weren’t going right out there. I couldn’t get
along with the band. He had told me to do one thing, and the guy that
was playing there before I was, but we were playing mechanical all
night. He would never say anything to the artists and tell them we will
be here again and what time we would open. Mr. Ruby came out on Sunday
and would drill us, and he wouldn’t want us to play mechanical all
night.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What do you mean by mechanical?
Mr. AYCOX. That is playing and not singing.
Mr. GRIFFIN. He wanted you to put on a little performance?
Mr. AYCOX. That’s right, and tell some kind of jokes, plug for the
club. So this guy was the pianoplayer with the band before I started,
and when the other band left, he stayed and taken over the band.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you replace the Joe Johnson band?
Mr. AYCOX. That’s right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What was the name of the band that you were in?
Mr. AYCOX. I don’t really know what the name of this band was. I played
with Leonard Wood. He was the band leader.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you play in the band called the Players?
Mr. AYCOX. That is the name.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Leonard Wood then replaced Joe Johnson?
Mr. AYCOX. But he was working with Joe first. Then after Joe left, he
stayed to take over.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is Leonard the pianoplayer?
Mr. AYCOX. Leonard is the pianoplayer.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did you play?
Mr. AYCOX. I played drums.
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