Joe Mantegna

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1,285 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2025 last heard Jul 2025

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Walter Perez was already sax.

So they went from like a four-piece band to seven.

And they said, and we're going to call ourselves Chicago Transit Authority.

And we're like, oh, great.

And then, of course, when they left, we went, they're nuts.

How are they going to support seven guys?

You know, seven-piece bands were unheard of.

True, absolutely true.

We were the house band at a place called the Purple Twig in Lyons, Illinois.

Lyons, Illinois was like...

Well, you know what that means.

Because in that small town, you had a place called the Gigi A Go-Go.

You had the Club Algiers.

You had the Purple Twig.

And all these things were a little nefarious in terms of ownership and what they were all about.

And there was this one guy who used to hang out there.

You know, he'd sit at the bar.

And we were the house band there.

We played for many, many... And I remember he called us.

He said, I want to get together with you guys.

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