At 10:47 PM -0700 8/15/01, John Tidwell wrote: >I've heard similar stories about Segovia & Julian >Bream - breaking a guitar string & carrying on as if >nothing had happened. I've read that Paganini would >break violin strings on purpose during a performance >for dramatic effect. > >I'm afraid that my response would be to curl up in >a fetal position for 15 minutes & then thank the >audience for attending tonight's exhibition of >"performance art". Our band always reserved "Wooly Bully" for those occasions - just long enough for the lead guitarist to replace a string. But in my post-rock period I was like you - I'd hit the deck and twitch. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz