e/Joe Bush (organ grinder)

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has glosseng: Joe Bush is a well-traveled organ grinder, one of the last in the dying business that reached its height in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Bush, who had played as a bass guitarist in a rock 'n roll band and worked as a stilt walker, began this pursuit in 1975, inspired by people who said his mustache reminded them of an organ grinder. Initially his few competitors told him, "You want to learn how to do this, kid? Good luck." But with his pet capuchin monkey George and later his replacement George II, he has performed at local street fairs, company picnics, advertising promotions, public and private parties, and for TV shows, documentaries, radio shows, magazine advertisements, major movies, plays, and commercials. Once featured on the cover of Philadelphia Magazine, Bush has entertained the White House during the administrations of United States Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. For five years he also regularly performed at The Showboat Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The 1904 organ Bush uses adds to the old-time appeal of his old tunes and acts.
lexicalizationeng: Joe Bush
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