1. Irving Banister was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to Louis and Elsie Mae Banister.
13 Facts About Irving Banister
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Irving Banister invited them to perform on his Saturday morning radio show.
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Irving Banister booked the band's first job at the Shadowland Club on Washington Avenue in 1952.
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Irving Banister was drafted into the Army and served as a cook.
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Irving Banister had lessons from a Mexican guitarist while stationed in El Paso, Texas.
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Irving Banister began to play solid body guitars with thin necks.
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Irving Banister returned to New Orleans when he got out of the service, taking over his old job with Sugar Boy.
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Irving Banister was the guitarist when Eddie Bo recorded his "I'm Wise", a hit in New Orleans that Little Richard later covered as "Slippin' And Slidin".
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Irving Banister considered Bo's mid-1950s band as one of the best to ever come out of New Orleans.
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Irving Banister was very sure about all the things that he did, and I started watching him and paying attention to how he was projecting.
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Irving Banister was the guitar player who played this famous solo on a Danny White song, 'Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye'.
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Irving Banister's last known recording was an appearance on son Honey's band Cha Wa's 2016 debut "Funk and Feathers".
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Irving Banister is buried in Holt Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana.