Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for October 05, 2022

Yet the kid couldn’t identify a piano key half a second after it was pointed out to him.

Once upon a time there was a “Jimmy” who was good with pencil, brush and pen. ;-)

Plays by ear I guess! (Not to be confused with the mean piano teacher who makes his students play by fear)!

I wish there was a “don’t like” button or a “dislike” button, or a “thumbs down” button.

Jimmy is a savant.

I don’t recall seeing the last name of Charlotte and her family before today.

Terry looks like Roy Orbison. Or Elvis in his final years.

Now we get down to his real talent… playing by ear!

Mozart once got in trouble with the Pope because he was heard playing some music at his Rome lodgings whose paper copies were NOT to leave the Vatican. He had memorized it on one hearing, and proved his innocence and was admitted to the Order of the Golden Spur by demonstrating the ability.