[Dixielandjazz] Bill "The Man" Gunter

[billsharp]

There are often debates about who would be the most interesting person 
to have dinner with,  Abe Lincoln, Albert Einstein, George Burns,etc. 
and other famous people in history.  I sat many times at tables where 
Bill Gunter sat, and because of his wit, intelligence, and erudite 
conversation always made it as fine an experience as sitting with 
anyone famous you could possibly mention. His may have been a smaller 
circle, but he was most certainly "famous" in as fine a way that any 
human could be.

Just as young girls buy all the latest clothing to emmulate the latest 
Hollywood icons,  I always wished I could have entertained people the 
way that Bill could - - there's no way in Hell that that is possible , 
he was, afterall, "The Man!", as unique an individual as there could 
possibly be.

Dear Bill:  keep up with the DJML postings. . . we sure have a lot of 
fine things to say about you... in our circle you are "famous", but 
most of all - --who is left to defend the washboard?