Stu Gilliam: From the Chitlin' Circuit to Czechia
Before Willie Tyler and Lester, ventriloquism-loving black audiences had another such act they could appreciate, Stu Gilliam (1933-2013) and his partner Oscar. But you had to be there " after years of working the chitlin' circuit as a vent, Gilliam dropped the wooden partner when he began to mainstream in the late '60s, leaving the […]