From “The
Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst
18 January:
Back in the
60’s I was in a Kingston-Trio type folk trio – we called ourselves “The
Troubadors,” and we competed for Sonoma State University’s “Campus Talent ’65.”
I played my guitar like a wooden Indian
but had a pleasant tenor voice and did killer arrangements; the other guy had a
croaky bass voice and couldn’t arrange himself out of a paper bag but waled on
a twelve-string; the girl couldn't hardly play her guitar and had a watery,
nothing voice but was drop-dead gorgeous. In other words, we were nicely
balanced. And as it happened we actually got a paid gig [our one and only] for
the night before the competition - provide 30 minutes’ entertainment on a
Friday night for a Church Altar Society at a nearby motel for which we received
the princely sum of $5.00 each plus a free dinner. Needless to say, we were
right at the boil for the competition the very next night. Hey, would you
believe, we won first place!!
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