Klarinet Archive - Posting 000659.txt from 1999/09

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: street players
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 15:35:17 -0400

So Dave,

Why is a former student of yours hitting wrong notes? :-)

David Blumberg wrote:

> Ken wrote:
> Ha. Don't laugh at this next part. But check the NY subways. You could
> assemble a symphony orchestra from some of the people who play in the
> trains. Oh, yeah, there are the real dogs, too: the guy who imitates Jimi
> Hendrix or Muddy Waters, the guy who sits on the street near Times Square
> and blats into a saxophone.
>
> ----------------------
>
> Last year, I was watching the evening news, and the reporter was
> interviewing people on the street. She came up to a Sax player playing the
> Pink Panther on South Street in Phila. (a cool place to hang out), as she
> approached him, I said to my wife - "that guy is hitting wrong notes." I
> looked up at the screen, and low and behold, it was one of my former
> students! He had moved to N.C. in 7th grade, and apparently was back in the
> Phila. area (6 years later). Ya never know who you will see on the street.
>
> David Blumberg
> playit@-----.com
> http://www.mytempo.com
>
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