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17. Insofar as I ever used anything other than my head, this is as close as it gets:

Mon Jun 10, 2013, 01:39 PM

Jun 2013

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But I NEVER called them machines. If you ever heard the sound they make,you wouldn't call them machines either.

When I was MUCH younger, I used to fantasize about making my living as a musician, but then I saw Leo Kottke in concert, and all thoughts of making my living that way vanished that very evening. I did keep my guitars, though. I've played for Bill Clinton and jammed with Howard Dean, so it's not like I didn't get a consolation prize or two.

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