Remember Sparky?

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  1. Patsy Faye

    Patsy Faye Supreme Member
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    My Dad got this record on a 78 and as a child listening to it, I was captivated by that talking piano
    I 'believed' it to be true - so much so, I couldn't wait to get me hands on a piano
    Eventually I did and sat there gliding me fingers over the keys expecting a rhapsody to emerge from me fingers.
    It didn't - I tried for days and only a noise emerged :p
    What a let down !
    This was the result after many years of trying .........................

    I tried to play the piano - with one hand I was good
    But the other wouldn't folla - and do the things it should
    I tried to play the guitar - I cut me nails real short
    I studied all the chords - in the lesson book I bought

    And even though me fingers hurt - I kept on with each chord
    The agony of pain and sound - sent me nearly bald :eek:
    But still I wasn't beaten - which shows I must be keen
    But what do I end up with ...............
    A bloomin' tambourine
    :p
     
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  2. Joe Riley

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    Thanks Joe - will have a listen to that and become the child again :)
     
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    A tambourine sounds like a more sensible instrument to me, @Patsy Faye!
     
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    I wanted to be a musician like all my friends back in the day, but that takes talent. I couldn't even be a sound man; no one had an amp back then. But then I wanted to be other things, too.
     
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    Well I did alright - wrote around 100 songs and 'managed' to record a lot of them on the keyboard - with a little help from
    my Sparky :p
     
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