McIntire, James W.

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Chris Paton. James McIntire begins with a discussion on growing up with Johnny Mercer when they were children on the same block in Savannah, Georgia. He references playing the games “Hunter, Holler, Hero”, and “Kick the Can”. He goes on to talk about listening to the African American church congregation music on Victory Drive, where presumably Johnny Mercer and his cousin did the same a year or two before. Mr. McIntire moves into how McIntire’s mother encouraged Johnny to try...