“All of my life I’ve been lonely, I’ll go way back in my past, I’ll tell you all about lonesome, how the winters last and last. I’ve known the loneliest autumns, watching the leaves slowly turn. Sad is the tag end of summer, when dreams with the leaves will burn.”
– From Lonesome, Louis Armstrong
Visiting Louis Armstrong’s personal pad was definitely a highlight of the trip. It was something which I had been wavering about – Louis Armstrong was always a maybe in my books, he was classic, but was not really on my favourites list. But I’m glad I did it, for it turned out to be a really special and memorable visit!
The house itself is a longer journey to locate in Corona, Queens, which used to be a black working class neighbourhood. Here Louis stayed for 28 years with his wife Lucille. Born in a poorer…
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