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He began his career playing in dance orchestras and nightclubs in the 1930s. In 1938 he worked as second trumpeter for Lu Watters in the Yerba Buena Jazz Band . By 1949 he wanted to create his own sound, setting up the Bob Scobey's Frisco Band . From 1950 the group continued to play a three year residency at the Victor & Roxie's where their popularity grew. Clancy Hayes joined the band to sing, play banjo and had his own compositions such as Huggin' And A Chalkin' recorded. The collaboration recorded over two hundred tracks until he left in 1959 to follow a solo career. The Frisco Band never appeared outside of California, but were broadcast in 1952 on Rusty Draper 's television show after which they were asked to return the year after by promoters Gene Norman and Frank Bull . In 1953 Louis Armstrong sang with them at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. On finishing their residency, in 1953 they moved to the largest club on the West Coast of America, the Rancho Grande in Lafayette , California , which had a grand dance floor, fulfilling Scobey's desire for jazz music to be danced to. In 1959 Scobey opened the Club Bourbon Street , Chicago . Scobey died of cancer in 1963. His wife Jan produced a biography, tribute to his work by reforming the band to record some blue's songs and ensured his album's were reissued. REFERENCES
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