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Re: GEAR LUST and CREATIVITY



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.

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