As a child, he was either dancing for pennies or singing for his supper with a strolling quartet of other kids who wandered New Orleans freshening up the subtropical evening with some sweetly harmonized notes.
在孩童时期,他就通过跳舞挣微薄收入,或者与在新奥尔良四处卖唱四人孩童演唱组一起演唱,以求得一顿晚餐;演唱小组乐调甜蜜和谐,为炎热夜晚带来了清新。