Has the bum wirst interfered with the joys of the baritone as well?
Because of the surgery, it is going to be at least a month before I can hold that thing again. This was also going to be my triumphant return to playing the drums, but that aint-a-gonna happen either.
Man, drumcorps was the only thing keeping me going...The whole corps wished me well at my last rehearsal, and I blubbered like the emotional fool I am. I will probably go there and watch (and drink beer), but it wont be the same!
Oh, damn... I used to be a fairly good pianist at one time, but then I got carpal tunnel syndrome (not from playing piano, but from doing repetitive keypunch work). My right arm is still screwed up, and it probably always will be. Good thing I can still aim and shoot a pistol with my left.
It's all in the genes, I think. Cecil Taylor (born 1933) is 73 years old, almost 74, and he's still seriously Blitzkrieging the keyboard— I've seen him perform recently, and he's as astonishing as
ever, even without his long-gone collaborator Jimmy Lyons (who smoked himself to death... the poor guy, he had no control over his tobacco addiction).
Even so, it's still always
pedal to the metal for Cecil, because if he couldn't give everything he's got in performance, he wouldn't even go on stage... he's as tireless and dedicated to his art as Moe Howard was.
Which is a major, major compliment, and I don't give out compliments lightly.
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