I’m almost embarrassed to fess up to this one since IG has initiated “Hug Your Guitar Week” but, there have been two times that I got to a gig and realized that I had forgot my guitar. Boy, that will make you feel dumb.
I wonder how Grammy-nominated violinist Philippe Quint felt after he left a $4 Million fiddle in Mohamed Khalil’s cab. From Breitbart/AP.
The irreplaceable 1723 Antonio Stradivari “Ex-Keisewetter” was left in Khalil’s cab the morning of April 21, when Quint was returning from a performance in Dallas….
Adding to his distress: The violin valued at $4 million was on loan from philanthropists Clement and Karen Arrison, of Buffalo, N.Y.
It wasn’t even his, it was a loaner!
After calling 911 and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Quint was soon in the offices of the Newark Taxi Commission viewing photographs of taxis.
Khalil had parked his cab for the night, not knowing that people were trying desperately to find it. After he got word the next morning, Khalil arranged to meet Quint again. Once reunited with the violin, the musician gave the driver $100.
A hundred bucks are you kidding me! Well, Quint says he is also going to give a private performance at the cab waiting area at Newark Liberty International Airport and give Khalil tickets to his next Carnegie Hall show but still, the cab driver saved his butt.
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