Me and him were tight. I'd worked with James P. Johnson. Johnson. Johnson. I was tight with him. James P. Johnson. Johnson. Johnson . . . At that time I was working with James P. Johnson. Johnson. Johnson before I joined <span class="fullMatch" id="match_1203">Benny Carter</span>. Between Cab Calloway. James P. Johnson. Johnson. Johnson heard the record, Don't You Feel My Legs, say, "You got a hit. I'm working with you. " He said . . . I said, "Yeah. " He said, Yeah, but bring your vasoline. " I said, "Bring my vasoline for what? " He said, "Because you're going to get screwed. " [? (inaudible)] know what that mean. He wrote The Charleston, If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight, Yamacrow, which is a operatic thing, classical thing. All kinds of songs. He had a show on the road for 10, 12 years. The Pantages circuit. You never heard of that. The Pantages. That Orpheum circuit. The ?Lowell] circuit. The TOBA circuit. And the burlesque. Minsky's burlesque circuit. That's all circles of people traveling all the time, from all levels of show business. He had been on the road. He wore them big old college raccoon coats in the wintertime, and a derby and a big cigar. James P. Johnson. Johnson. Johnson. Wrote the [Barker sings]. He was the mentor of Fats Waller. I worked with him, [expletive deleted] with him. He liked what I did on the guitar. Played some jobs with Willie "the Lion" Smith. I'll have to tell you about that sometime. Willie "the Lion" Smith said, "You my favorite guitar player, Dan. " I say, "Why? Why'd you say that, all the wizards in town? " He said, "You the only guitar player that know when to raise his hand. When the piano player's playing, you play when he make arpeggio, you don't be hitting chords conflicted with that. " I stop. And when they start again, let him play his solo. When he going to go into embellishment or change chords, keys--they do that, piano players, when they're playing--raise my hand. Don't touch a note. Then come right in. He said, "I never seen nobody do that. That's what you call respect. " And I gets that from "The Lion" in front of a gang of people. Not a gang of people. About six critical musicians.