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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:11 PM
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Which presidents were/are musicians?
Edited on Sat May-29-04 09:12 PM by elperromagico
Clinton played sax, of course (he was in the band at my high school - just like me). Nixon and Truman were both piano players. Jefferson played violin, and I think Washington played violin and flute.

Kerry plays the guitar, as I think most of us know. But what other presidents played musical instruments?

Little known side-fact: Coolidge's VP, Charles Dawes, wrote the melody that later became the song "It's All In The Game," which was a big hit in the fifties.
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newscaster Donating Member (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:15 PM
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1. Harry Truman....
played the Piano and there is a classic picture of him at the keys of an upright with Lauren Bacall sitting provocatively on top.
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:18 PM
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2. from two angles even!
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:20 PM
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4. Those pictures caused a scandal at the time.
I don't see what's so bad about them myself. ;)
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:22 PM
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6. Well, in the sepia toned one...
He does look kind of like he's oggling Bacall...
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:32 PM
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8. Can you blame him?
Edited on Sat May-29-04 09:34 PM by elperromagico
If a woman in a skirt sits on the piano while I'm playing, you'd better believe I'm going to take a peek at her!
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:45 PM
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9. I'm not blaming him :-)
But I suppose for the time it was mighty damn dirty and unpresidential of him :-)
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 11:27 PM
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13. I don't think he's ogling her. I think he's just looking up her skirt.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:20 PM
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5. LOL! beat me to it n/t
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:20 PM
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3. Here ya go...
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Lou_C Donating Member (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:22 PM
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7. Bush plays the pink piccolo
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 09:49 PM
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10. I think Jefferson played the Violin
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rustydog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 10:21 PM
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11. Actually, Bush is a virtuoso musician...
He's played the media like a violin since 2000.
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vetwife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-04 10:40 PM
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12. and plays Hell the rest of the time !
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