hiː spˈɛnt mˈʌtʃ ʌvðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z pɚfˈɔːɹmɪŋ ɪn klˈʌbz ɪn kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə ænd lˌɑːs vˈeɪɡəs bˌʌt əkˈeɪʒənəli ɹᵻtˈɜːnd hˈoʊm tə mˈeɪn tə ɹᵻkˈʌvɚ fɹʌm pˈiəɹɪədz ʌv ˈɪlnəs ænd fɐtˈiːɡ.
He spent much of the late 1950s performing in clubs in California and Las Vegas but occasionally returned home to Maine to recover from periods of illness and fatigue.