Miami Massacre
“Handsome, virile, educated, an instinctive and aggressive businessman — these attributes alone would have assured him some success in life. Add to all this the power, the wealth, and the influence of the organization, and Johnny simply could see no way to lose. He actually had been a musician once, and had financed two years of college through occasional stands at recording studios, dance halls, and night clubs in the Los Angeles area, filling temporary openings in musical groups, bands, and even an occasional symphonic orchestra. He had played in the Hollywood Bowl, and once with a nationally televised band. Johnny thought of this period, however, as "the bad old days." Often he had gone to bed hungry, attended classes while giddy with malnutrition and groggy from lack of sleep, and had slept under the stars during frequent periods when he was locked out of his rooming house for non-payment of rent.
"That's what you call being honest, dumb, and poor," Johnny would say, when relat...ing the story.MoreLess
"That's what you call being honest, dumb, and poor," Johnny would say, when relat...ing the story.MoreLess
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