When George Edick Jr. was in elementary school, he received a present he鈥檒l never forget: a guitar from Ike Turner.
Edick grew up in the 1950s around musicians like Turner who played at his father鈥檚 Club Imperial, 6306-28 West Florissant Ave., in the Walnut Park West neighborhood in northwest St. Louis.
The run-down building last month after the St. Louis Preservation Board voted to save it.
In our latest arts and culture podcast, Edick talks about what it was like to grow up during the heyday of his father鈥檚 club and how the white-owned venue played a role in integrating the bandstand.
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