“N-----, don’t let the sun go down on you in our town.” When the trio set out on another tour later that year, Shirley hired a white driver, a gregarious Italian-American bouncer known as ...

In 1962, tough bouncer Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga searches for work ... to be the driver for African-American classical pianist Don Shirley for a concert tour into the Deep South states.

In 1962, tough bouncer Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga searches for work ... to be the driver for African-American classical pianist Don Shirley for a concert tour into the Deep South states.