“Pa never said anything more about taking lessons from Tommy Hurd. I don’t know if it was his idea, or Ma’s; probably both of them, for different reasons. I figured he just threw Tommy’s card away and let the whole thing slip from his mind. I wasn’t going to bring it up: if I didn’t ask they couldn’t say no. I knew I shouldn’t make a nuisance out of myself to Tommy. I figured if I went out once or twice a week—every five or six days, maybe—didn’t stay more than an hour or so, and brought him... his pie and coffee, he might put up with me for a while. I had to learn how to put that floating feeling into the music. So that’s what I did—hike myself over there every once in a while. To be honest, I admired Tommy more than anybody. I admired people before. I admired Ray Grimes on the Cubs, I admired Tom Mix and some of those other cowboys in the movies, who raced their horses through rivers and over gullies to catch the bad guys.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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