Tony what almost made me quit before I even made a good start was when I found out that there was a clarinet player in high school that could play intricate classical sheet music that he'd never heard of on the first try. I couldn't do that in a million years. That peeved me off. Not Juilliard School of Music but Behrman High School in Algiers.

By the way Pete Fountain couldn't read music but Al Hirt I was told would sit in with the Philadelphia or one of those big time symphonies up by Dave and DNJ just when he was passing through.

Some guys can do it and some can't. My consolation was I'd always think well they can't lay brick, like they would want to. Ha ha.

I don't have the patience to sit there and count 12 bars before I'm allowed to play an 8 note phrase.

You got it tony