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Paul Nightingale isread at btinternet.com
Sun Dec 2 09:51:29 CST 2007


[642.11-12] Everybody here knew the words to everything, so the whole place
sang along.

Cf. Frank's brief career as a musician on 315:

"Caballero, you have been in these cantinas, the musical taste is not
demanding. Nobody in this band was a musician when they joined up, but
everybody was in some kind of trouble. Play con entusiasmo, as loudly as you
can, and trust in the good will and bad ear of the gringo hellraiser."

Is how Frank became Pancho the Bassoon Player. Within a day or two ...




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