Ah, the daringness of youth. And the things a high school kid would be willing to do for twenty dollars!
I still remember the anticipation of that day. It was pretty exciting. First of all, that your dad was crazy enough to offer you $20 to play Maple Leaf Rag as prelude music for priesthood meeting. Secondly, that you were just stupid enough to do it.
The looks on the faces of some of those old men was definitely worth the twenty bucks. (Easy for me to say. I wasn't the one forking over the cash.) I thought you would just play the song through the first go-round, but no, you played the song in its entirety! (That'll teach them for taking a vote on whether we should sell the organ after the organ had already been sold!)
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| Straight cash, homey! |
The version of this song that I have on my iTunes is by a St. Louis bandleader named Russ David. The song was, of course, originally written and performed by Scott Joplin. But, in my mind it will always be played by some knucklehead high school kid with a crisp twenty dollar bill in his pocket!
COMING UP NEXT: Is this horrible?
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