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Monday, May 1, 2017

Guitar Lessons for Nikola Tesla

After inventing the future, Nikola Tesla determined that he needed to abandon celibacy and find a companion.  To that end, Tesla sought advice from Jimi Hendrix.
“Women did not notice me until I took up the guitar,” Hendrix noted.
“Are you suggesting I should learn to play the guitar?” asked Tesla.
“Absolutely.  I can teach you a few cords and some flowing riffs.”
“It has to be an electric guitar,” insisted Tesla.
“You came to the right place, baby.”
A few days after this conversation, Nikola stopped by to visit with Jimi Hendrix again.  Tesla held in his hand a new electric guitar.
“Are you ready for your lessons?” Jimi asked.
“Yes.  But watch this.”  Without plugging the guitar into an amp, Tesla struck a loud cord and belted out in a high, raspy voice: “We’re on the highway to hell…”
“Is that what I think it is?”
“Yes,” answered Tesla.  “Bon Scott is in the same apartment building as me.  How can I go wrong with AC-DC?”

--Mitchell Hegman

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