# I just dreamed that Art Tatum taught me how to play Boots Randolph tunes on the guitar.

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**Created:** [November 6, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dreamed-that-art-tatum-taught-me-how-to-play-boots-randolph-tunes-on-the-guitar/516568 "2009-11-06T14:29:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dreamed-that-art-tatum-taught-me-how-to-play-boots-randolph-tunes-on-the-guitar/516568/1 "2009-11-06T14:29:56Z")

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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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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dreamed-that-art-tatum-taught-me-how-to-play-boots-randolph-tunes-on-the-guitar/516568/2 "2009-11-06T16:09:24Z")

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Impending fatherhood having an impact?

I got nuthin’

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dreamed-that-art-tatum-taught-me-how-to-play-boots-randolph-tunes-on-the-guitar/516568/3 "2009-11-06T16:23:23Z")

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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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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dreamed-that-art-tatum-taught-me-how-to-play-boots-randolph-tunes-on-the-guitar/516568/4 "2009-11-06T18:23:43Z")

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There’s [this](http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/c/chet_atkins/yakety_axe_ver3_tab.htm) 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?