Charles Edward Duble (September 13, 1884 – August 1960) was an American band

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and

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. He played for 23 years in

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Career

Duble's career started as trombonist with Sun Bros. Circus in 1909, and he played in others such as the Gentry Brothers Dog and Pony Show, H. W. Campbell's United Shows, John Robinson's Big Ten Shows,

Barnum & Bailey The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling) is an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Ear ...

's Greatest Show on Earth, Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus,

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, Sparks, Robbins Brothers, the Miller Brothers

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, Russell Bros. Circus, Downie Bros., and finally under the baton of

Merle Evans Merle Slease Evans (December 26, 1891December 31, 1987) was a cornet player and circus band conductor who conducted the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for fifty years. He was known as the "Toscanini of the Big Top." Evans was inducted i ...

, with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Duble was a tall, lanky trombone player with a notable sense of humor. He left the

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to return to Jeffersonville until his death. He was elected to the Windjammers Circus Musicians' Hall of Fame in 1980.

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