One of the fun things I found out when I was scouring the San Francisco newspaper archives on my recent trip there was that, according to a report in the Chronicle of November 5, 1953, Johnny was temporarily working as a drummer at Slim Jenkins’ Supper Club on 7th Street in West Oakland. Jenkins was quite the legend in Oakland, and there’s more info about him here and here – he seems a very cool guy!

Johnny worked there for only a few weeks at best, as he was extradited back to Fairbanks at the end of November.