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" If I can just play, it doesn't matter where we are... Japan, Australia, or here in the neighborhood. "
Trombone Shorty
Play
I Can
Australia
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" When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was a bandleader for my brother's band. "
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