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When all of the nightclubs had closed for the night, traditionally, many people, instead of going home, would attend their favorite after-hours spot. This happened all across America, especially in Harlem. In these late-nite places, people would dance, drink, fight, fall in and out of love and wind down from the hard work week that was behind them. Late into the night, they would gather to reflect, have a good time, and chase the blues away. This is Big Otis's place 

First Rehearsal ever in Los Angeles. Many of these people went on to become very famous. 

William Ivey Long and the costume fitting.

Big Otis in Rehearsal in New York