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by the time he was 4 years old, he was already getting paid for singing at a restaurant in Chicago, accompanied by his parents of course, but getting paid nonetheless.
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Joe Pass was pretty much a whole orchestra holding a six string guitar, that’s how talented he was. He was born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was the oldest of 5 brothers.
Joe’s family shuffled back and forth between New Brunswick and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, depending on where his father could find work. [...]