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Topsy Durham

Oct 8, 2026

14:40
How do we keep this going for the next 20 years?
14:43
Right.
14:45
So I thought about that, and that was one of the reasons why I wrote the books.
14:49
And to document it before I forget it, and while it's still available, the Internet came of age within the last probably 25 years, right? And so stuff keeps coming and appearing.
15:05
For instance, when he was touring in Europe between 1975 and 1980, with the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, there was always a TV station recording the shows.
15:19
And the guy who was doing it, I think his last name is Hoffman, he couldn't release that anywhere because he's tied to the television station.
15:29
But when he retired, he put it all on YouTube.

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39:11
Oh, and

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