The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy and there was lots of plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze me at all. I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn.


Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (1954)

Louis Armstrong Quotes

The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying ...

The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying ...

The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying ...

The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying ...