Klarinet Archive - Posting 000512.txt from 2003/12

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Henry Cuesta dies
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 13:32:27 -0500

DWH wrote:
> Henry was an incredible clarinetist. I was fortunate to spend an afternoon
> with him in the repair shop of a music store I was managing, three years
> ago, and after watching him charm everyone there and listening to dozens of
> stories, we all felt like our favorite uncle had been to visit. Our prayers
> and thoughts are with his family and friends.
>
When I was much younger, I looked at people who made their living on
clarinet by playing the sort of thing that Henry Cuesta did. But as I
got older and figured out how difficult it is to make any kind of a
satisfactory living playing clarinet (except for the few chosen ones), I
realize that he was doing the best he could, and, considering what he
was doing, he did it very well. More power to him. And if he had
played his polkas on a basset horn, I would have allowed him to marry my
daughter, who is gorgeous and has a rich father.

Dan--
Dan Leeson
leeson0@-----.net

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