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Old 11-06-2009, 08:29 AM
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I just dreamed that Art Tatum taught me how to play Boots Randolph tunes on the guitar.

And one David Garza song, which Tatum performed in an indie rock style after firing his band, because they were stepping all over his performance. This was, naturally, after I had been to a Boy Scout camporee (during which everyone got pissed with the BSA and left). I walked into a guitar shop and noticed that Tatum was giving an in-store concert (he died in 1956). When I walked over, Tatum had his laptop open and was checking Facebook, and he showed me that my friend Mindy had just posted nude photos to her page.

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Old 11-06-2009, 10:09 AM
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Impending fatherhood having an impact?

I got nuthin'
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Old 11-06-2009, 10:23 AM
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Maybe so. Yeah, I got nuthin either...except perhaps that this might be one of those threads better left in the file cabinet under "think about it, but don't post".
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Old 11-06-2009, 12:23 PM
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There's this but for the life of me I don't know what Art Tatum has to do with it. You think he taught it to Chet Atkins?
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