The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for April 20, 2022

thank goodness someone else had the tuba!

The beginning of the quest. Name all the percussion instruments.

How ironic… I have in front of me an envelope with a Jimi Hendrix stamp. More so, it’s an RSVP for the birthday of a baby boomer friend of mine. He chose the stamp.

Then the next day of class, the teacher suggested brothers Alex and Eddie switch instruments.

With this early success, young Bob wrote a song about a Tambourine Man.

I hope that guitar is strung for a lefty.

So THAT’S why he played so angry!!

Will he set fire to it afterwards?!

There is a special place in Hades for tambourines, and poorly-played accordions.

That voodoo chile will see a more than a slight return from that guitar.

Jimi can’t play that guitar. He’s left-handed.

Hey Joey, where you going with that triangle in your hand?

Miss Drew, my 5th grade music teacher was a 10.

If only he had actually met Phil Keaggy…

Must be Ian with the flute

I wanted to be a classical composer, but all the good instruments already had somebody famous for composing on them: Bach had the organ, Liszt and Chopin the piano, Vivaldi and Paganini the violin, Telemann and Purcell the trumpet, Sousa the brass band, and so on. So I decided to specialize in quartets for bagpipe, kazoo, accordion, and banjo. Now all I need is a publisher.

No cowbell!? We need more cowbell!

It wasn’t until he discovered pharmaceuticals that he really took off.

He’s probably thinking there must be some kid of way out of here.

I was tossed out of kindergarten when I could not master the triangle. Was what you called tone deaf, this was before I got hearing aids,even with them, I was tone deaf.