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| 1948 - Sid Blair in Wayne State University Band. |
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| 1950 - Tom Houghton Band with Sid Blair on Alto - At the club Pandora's Box - dig the real piano bar!! |
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| A young Mr. Blair conducting in 1951. |
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| Grant Jr. High School band that Sid built from scratch! photo taken 1956 |
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| Arch Richards (L) & Sid Blair (R) |
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| 1962 Downbeat article about Tom Houghton band. |
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| 1971 Program from Carnegie Hall concert with Sid on alto. |
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| 1971 photo of Carnegie Hall rehearsal - Detroit Symphony taken by Sid during 1st half. |
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| 1972 gettin' around in the Austin Moro band. |
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| Bob Durant Band - 1970s |
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| John Trudell Band date unknown |
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| 1981 with the Glen Miller Band |
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| 1982 pay stub from session at Motown Records |
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| 1984 - just a few lightweights on the resumé... |
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| Sid in the Frank Roberts band 1990s |
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| 1996 |
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| 1998 Sid Blair in St. Augustine photo taken by Fred Carle. |
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| 1998 - Sid & Helen board the SS Norway to play with Tex Benecke |
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| 2000 - Sid & Helen Blair on another big band cruise. |
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| 2003 NEFJA concert with the Three Blairs + Two |
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| 2008 - program from concert featuring Sid on clarinet at Stetson University |
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| local music happenings in Daytona Beach... |
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| Sid and grandson Christopher spend the holiday jamming. |
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| 2011 Sid with Jim Miller in Big Band America Photo courtesy of Hometown News. |
I am glad to see your career flourish these many decades. I hope to see you perform in person. I really enjoyed your practice in the Grant Junior High School band room after school. I asked you how to improvise and you tried to explain it to me.
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Bill Yee
Sid was my Jr HS band director 61-63. What a great inspiration to us all. Many fond memories.
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