I have to fact check with my brother at what age he started shooting pool in the back of our cousin’s bar room. At the corner of St. Anthony St. and Claiborne Ave. in New Orleans was a bar room (Fat’s Bar) owned by a cousin of my Grandfather Sidney Cates. I, unlike my brother, was spending my time at other parts unknown. To this day, Carl can run circles around me on a pool table even though I had a pool tournament trophy on my living room shelf until Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.

That is Louis Armstrong playing his horn if you click the arrow in the video⬇️ below. That is just a picture of my horn. I play songs of thanksgiving on my horn often about things.

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⬇️At Dee’s Recent party.⬇️

Okay! I climbed back down the rabbit hole just now. I did not want to; but if any of you want to climb in and follow me down here, I will put a link for us to see what transpires. Let us start here for now: https://t.co/N9a7uQdiGv
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— Gazette (@Ferd3desk) July 28, 2025