“I wants the whole round world to know Big Bill’s a rukus juice man.”

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The pair also was featured several times over the next year at the renowned “Midnight Ramble,” held at the Indiana Theater. As Saturday night turned into Sunday morning, the managers of the South Side movie house switched off the projector and put on a variety show that became a popular drawing card both for general audiences and other entertainers. Chicago jazz historian Dempsey Travis recalled how “comedians, singers, and dancers put on their ‘bluest’ jokes, their ‘special material’ songs, and their most revealing dance routines. . . . Occasionally the dancing would get so wild that the police would stop the show and warn the performers to turn down the burner. ”