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First Performance
Remarkably, Rocky Blunt kept a record of every performance he ever did throughout his career. |
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Army band performances |
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Army diary, regarding performances
Written in Blunt's own hand |
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Performances after army discharge |
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Young Drummer Rocky Blunt
First promo photos |
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Developing Drummer
Rocky's teen years
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"Jump, Jive, and All That Jazz"
An interview about Worcester jazz in the 1930s and 40s by Rocky Blunt III, son of Rocky Blunt, Jr. |
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Rocky Blunt All-Stars
Clark University, 1941 |
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Rocky with the Tony Ferris Band
Big Bad Drummer |
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Army Band
Camp Edwards Army Band |
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"333rd Band Launches New Swing Style"
Lt. Roger Goetz
September 26, 1945
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Rocky's custom drum head |
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Educational Clinic
Al Mueller (piano), Bunny Price (bass), Barney Price (trumpet), Rocky Blunt (drums), Tom Herbert (sax) |
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Blunt with the Milestones Big Band |
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Blunt with Classic Swing Band
Big Band drumming |
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"Big times are coming up for big band jazz"
Ev Skehan, Evening Gazette
November 13, 1987
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"Saxtrum Club memories"
Walter Crockett |
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"Rockie, his friends and all-star memories"
Walter Crockett, Datebook
February 4, 1990
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Program for the Reunion Band
Program and Players |
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Blunt Joined the Musicians' Union
1934 Union card |
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