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Chester’s Fun Spot

April 26, 2015 Faye Anderson

South Philly native Jamil Overton, a former vocalist and sax player, recalls that Chester’s Fun Spot was where Grover Washington Jr. “built up his chops when he first got here from Buffalo” in 1967.

Washington had a regular gig playing Thursday to Sunday. Nate Murray  held it down Monday to Wednesday.

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