Unnamed Orchestra at the Grotto Club 1

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Unnamed Orchestra at the Grotto Club 1
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Unnamed Orchestra at the Grotto Club 1
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Musicians play at the Grotto club at two different points in Sanctuary. The first time, this regular club "orchestra" provides the soundtrack to the scene in which Popeye and Red compete fatally for Temple. The dance music they play "swirls slowly about her in a bright myriad wave" (238). But the narrative never describes either the musicians or the music more particularly; given the history of music in Memphis, they may be black.