Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson on leaving Houston

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Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson discusses his decision to be a musician

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Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson on being a band leader

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Q: “When did you decide that you wanted to be a musician?”

A: “Oh, you see, my, well, it was all in my family. My grandfather was one of those square dance fiddlers, you know, as you call those things and my daddy had played the Ragtime piano, you know, and my mother played, you know, services. I was always around records, you know.”