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"Zoot Suit Riot" - Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Truth. Every woman I've ever been intimate with was introduced to me via my saxophone. I wouldn't know how to meet a woman any other way. My first gig was when I was in junior high school. I was in the school band but after school I got together with some friends and started a rock band. We were terrible, but everybody was back then. We got a gig playing at a junior high dance. There I was on stage, with my best friends, having the time of my life playing the music we tried so hard to cover, and when I looked up, much to my surprise I noticed that cute girl who wouldn't acknowledge my existence in English class was "making eyes" at me! And at the end of the night they actually paid me for that!!!!!!!!! That's when I said, "This is what I want to do for the rest of my life." After being rejected (4F) by the Air Force I went on the road with a rock band. 2 weeks to a month in a different college town playing singles bars (this was before DJs got the youth market). It was the dawn of the free s-e-x age and before the AIDS age so anything you caught could be cured. So let's say I had a lot of fun. I've been playing music all my adult life and I eventually married another musician. She's the best and we have fun on and off stage. All thanks to my saxophone. Just livin' the dream I guess.

She: "What's that big pile of dirt in your back yard for?" He: "I buried by canary there" She: "Why did you dig such a big hole for such a small bird?" He: "It was inside you cat."

"White Wedding" - Billy Idol

"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" - Mark Murphy A song about Lester Young by Charles Mingus with words by Joni Mitchell and later IMHO improved by Mark Murphy Jeff Beck had fun with it too The Original And Joni's Now all we need is some becan

Dvořák: Symphony No.8 in G major - Karajan conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker (When I was in Austria I attended a Wiener Philharmoniker concert, they played Mahler #4 and Sibelius #4 - they are a great orchestra)

After he was under that rest, the cat burglar was accused of felineous intent.

Honeymoon Avenue - Ariana Grande

What do you use to groom a cat's fur? A catacomb.

"Stand Up" - Jethro Tull (full album) a blast from the distant past

"Don't Sleep In The Subway" - Petula Clark because after all the subway is underground

Ring of fire? Johnny wrote that after he and June Carter mistook the Ben-Gay for KY Jelly. (ducking for cover)

Electric Boogie (Electric Slide) - Marcia Griffiths Bunny Wailer said he wrote this song about his girlfriend's new vibrating toy. (No video necessary.) BTW, Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" was written about the same intimate toy.

Not plagiarism, but homage And last night's gig went into overtime, it was about 100 miles away, and I'm quite sleepy this morning. (Not an excuse, just an explanation)

Be glad she didn't buy you underpants from that brand.

All these puns are making me catatonic.

"Sin City" - AC/DC

"Kissing A Fool" - George Michael

Having two ledger lines between the staves might be confusing, especially with handwritten charts. Let me see, is that a C or an A, is it closer to the treble or bass clef? And would you put the B below the C ledger or above the A ledger? But I still agree, it would be easier for me who only occasionally has a reason to read the bass clef. And if any instrument needs one of the TROUBLE clefs, I don't want to learn to read on that one. Bites

Royal Scam - Steely Dan (full album) My favorite Dan album, with a lot of great guest artists, and every cut by my favorite jazz/rock drummer Pretty Purdy. I play drums, it was actually my first instrument and this guy has tasty chops, many of which I've stolen.

One of my favorite French classical (romantic era) pieces of music Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns

I've seen musicians go to a jam session and play 3 hours for free with no break. Then when they get a paying gig they want a 20 minute break per hour and then stretch that to 25 minutes. It doesn't make sense to me. We seldom take breaks finding it easier to control the audience if we stay up there. On slow nights we might, but we very seldom get a slow night. 4. Never-ever, cancel, call in sick, show up late, or take long breaks - the show must go on The person who hired you might not know good music from bad, but I bet he/she knows how to tell time and wants to get his/her money's worth. Notes

Those are the ones I call "TROUBLE Clefs" Notes

EXACTLY!!! It was a stupid idea to make the clefs different. I have no need to read bass clef much, but when I do, it really slows me down at first. Arrrrrrgggggghhhhh another clinker. But what is even worse are the alto and other weird clefs. I call them trouble clefs. Notes