Joe Tex insultingly name-checked James Brown in a song on Checker Records, and James Brown responded by shooting up a Joe Tex live show with a shotgun — nearly killing Otis Redding, who was opening.

American jazz saxophonist Sidney Bechet spent a year in jail for dueling on the streets of Paris and accidentally shooting an innocent bystander. The duel was over whether or not Bechet was in tune.

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