[Dixielandjazz] Eubie Blake's Birthday -- And More

[Don Ingle]

Bill Gunter wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> Ringwald wrote (regarding Guarnieri's hand):
>
>   
>> Johnny's hands were very small.  He could not even reach a tenth.
>>     
>
> I love it when piano players say things like that.  You ought see me trying 
> to reach a tenth . . . and my hands are bigger than Ringwalds!
>
> I don't know how Bob does it, but I swear there are times when he can span 
> two octaves!
>
> And that's just between his thumb and index finger! (rimshot!)
>
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Bill "Big Hands" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Dixielandjazz mailing list
> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
>
> I do it the easy way. For a tenth I reach for two fifths. (All right -- two 75- ml.)
>   
Fr. Don of the Church of the Perpetual Ice Field