Here is a paraphrase of a story that the late Joe Pass told onstage at one of his solo concerts (paraphrased).

A stage technician was onhand when a young rock guitarist showed up to set up his equipment for the show later that evening.

The young fellow spent about a half hour or more facing his amplifier stack with his guitar plugged into an electronic tuner, grimacing, turning tuners and watching the dials spin.

When the rock star finally got down from the stage, the old stage hand said to him, "I couldn't help but notice how long you spent in tuning your guitar. You know, Andres Segovia was here awhile back and he only spent about twenty seconds tuning his guitar."


And the kid said, "Well maybe he don't give a $hit!"


grin



--Mac

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