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In a blog essay posted on the Web site of The American Scholar before Mr. Mitchell's death, Mr. Zinsser said Mr. Mitchell's approach to broken-down pianos (which musicians sometimes encounter on tour) illustrated his approach to life. "I learned long ago that it does no good to complain," Mr. Zinsser recalled Mr. Mitchell telling him. Instead, listen to the keys and put their flatness or sharpness to use. "You say, 'What does it do?' " said Mr. Mitchell, sounding an imaginary clinker on a piano. " 'Will it do anything? Let's check it out' - NY Times obit, reference to http://theamericanscholar.org/what-does-it-do/#.Uj3ivWR4ZEu
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0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. Nice version Mark. The string slapping was a surprise, but fitted in well with the performance. Nice looking guitar too!
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The guitar is a Martin 00028 EC. The location is a classroom at the University of Toronto where I was doing a country blues workshop as part of a music appreciation course on the blues. Other presenters covered other aspects such as Chicago Blues etc on different nights. I played some tunes and took questions from the class.
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