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…Yet another stupid gryphon guessing game. (These won't all be "highbrow").
For three decades I experienced more rejection than any other musician in written history. My first opera was rejected. I withdrew my second. I was hired as a conductor at Konigsburg and the company immediately went out of business. I was fired from a conducting job in Riga. I had another opera fail and spent time in debtor’s prison. By now my marriage was in ruins, debts continued to mount, and I was often sick requiring expensive medical treatments. To top it off, my next few operas were again flops.
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"If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to." MSU - the university of Michigan! Wheels
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Yes. Richard Wagner. Did I give too many clues? Well, that was easy.
Next: I grew up in utter poverty. I joined the Air Force as soon as I could. I learned to play the guitar when I was in Germany. When I got back to the States I formed a band and eventually auditioned for Sun Records. Unimpresed, we were turned down and told to sharpen our talents.
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"If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to." MSU - the university of Michigan! Wheels
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Carl Perkins?
Jimmie Rodgers?
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No, no, and no, but Plays is closer.
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Matt G. is right! It is the Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash.
Gees, you guys are faster than I can write this stuff out. Okay, next:
When I was born in Spain my instrument was not even considered a legitimate concert instrument. It was associated with taverns, gypsies, and vagabonds. My family and friends were horrified and urged me to play something else. I am self-taught. For years, critics looked down on me and my instrument.
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Geeze Matt, your fast! 
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That's too hard Gryph. 
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Mark, the pan-flute is *still* not considered a legitimate instrument. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.msu.edu/~griffin/icon/lol.gif)
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Better to light one small candle than to curse the %&#$@#! darkness. :t:
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Okay, Plays, I added another clue in the description. (No one's got it yet).
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All I can think of are tambourines and organ grinders. What else did gypsies play for heaven's sake???
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