[Dixielandjazz] New thread--Artie Shaw's Achievement Award from Smithson...

[JackleeT at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/31/2003 5:36:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
nvickers1 at cox.net writes:

> Of interest, I hope, to this group:  Artie Shaws achievement award from
> Smithsonian.
> 
> I thought he had his clarinet made into a lamp stand.  Then again, he
> probably had more than one clarinet around the house!

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A funny true story:

A friend of mine was talking to his ex-wife one day and  told her he had seen 
Artie Shaw in an antique store that morning.

Her response: "Really? What were they asking for him?"

Jack Tracy