Complex sentence: He was born in De Valls Bluff, Arkansas, United States, to a musical family-his father, Luddie Stidham played with Jimmie Lunceford and his uncle with the Memphis Jug Band-and learned to play harmonica, clarinet and saxophone as a child.
Split into simpler sentences: He was born in De Valls Bluff, Arkansas, United States, to a musical family-his father, Luddie Stidham played with Jimmie Lunceford and his uncle with the Memphis Jug Band. Arbie Stidham learned to play harmonica, clarinet and saxophone as a child.