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Maceo Parker

Maceo Parker

American saxophonist

Oct 2, 2026

3:43
... about, yeah, about what James Brown played, and if you were late James Brown charged you what, a yard? Is that what it was if you were late for any session or if you're, if you, you were off-key?
3:57
N...
3:57
I can't remember what the, what the fine was, but he, you know, he, he would come up...
4:02
He would fi-...
4:03
He didn't have like a, a set, set rule.
4:06
You know what I mean? It's just whatever he just happened to think of, come into his head, like, okay, you 25, $25, $50, $100, whatever.
4:15
It wasn't like a cer- a, a set thing, but you gotta...
7:54
Yep.
7:16
LAUGHTER
7:19
Yeah, well, I smile.
7:20
I have something to smile about every day, man, believe it or not.
7:24
Sometimes the way...
7:26
It's almost like dominoes.
7:27
You line up the dominoes and one falls.
7:33
And even though you are...

19 MINS LATER

26:22
So how was it also with a guy like that, you know, to see Ray Charles, another living legend? Well,

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