Was Marihuana Responsible For Bus Etris Death?
– By Robert Crandall TWO MUSICIANS sped along the highway in a fast moving car near the outskirts of Culver City, California. The early morning sunlight blazed down through the trees lining the road. Inside, the young men, Bus Etri, guitar player with Charlie Barnet, and Harold Hundling, singing member of the Quintones, Barnet’s vocal group, were probably laughing and joking. They had gone to a party in Hollywood given by a rising young screen actress who likes swing music. The party had been attended by Duke Ellington and some of his men, Meade Lux Lewis, Woody Herman. It had been fun. Now they were going home. They flashed along the road nearing the intersection of Venice Boulevard and La Cienga Avenue just outside Culver City. A dump truck filled with laborers on their way to work was also approaching the intersections. . . Hard to tell what happened. It really doesn’t matter now. One moment the two musicians were feeling swell. The next moment the car was a smashed hulk. Etrie was
