Another "pay dues" interdating

[Wilson Gray]

Treasury of Jazz - Page 241
books.google.com/books?id=w4ifAAAAMAAJ
Eddie Condon, ‎Richard Gehman - 1956 - ‎Snippet view

said, laughing, "To know [Charlie 'Yard]Bird' [Parker,] _you got to pay
your dues_ . . ." He was so likable that you didn't mind being generous
with him.

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