t to a very disciplined man, as it was also when he was introduced to playing a musical instrument.
             His teacher, Professor Pete Davis, first had reservations of letting Louis play in the school's brass band because he thought Louis was a bad kid. Finally, he was let into the band, and received his first formal training on an instrument. More importantly than the music training Louis received from Professor Davis were the real-life lessons he received. Professor Davis had more to do with Louis' self-respect and discipline than with musicianship. Even more important was that Louis finally formed a positive relationship with an older male, a father figure, whose discipline Louis was willing to accept. "Until this time, he had more or less acquiesced to the life into which he had been born, a world of pimps, thieves, hookers, and gamblers, of random violence and enigmatic jolts of good fortune." (Bergreen 75) After time, Louis earned Davis' trust and Davis asked Louis to lead the Colored Waif's Home Band. This is when Louis began to come into his own as a performer. His personality was born, he was not just a musician, he was a true entertainer. "I remember Louis used to w
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