November 1, 2001

10:38 AM

Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan... Mark Twain?I thought nothing else could increase my admiration of Twain but it turns out he sang and played guitar to newspapermen, miners, women (hmm), tourists... No recordings are known to exist. He's my all-time favorite wise guy and rebel!
posted by mmarcos (1 comment total)

That paints a completely different picture of Mark Twain than I had in my imagination. (It figures that he used a Martin guitar.) Now you have me wondering about other popular figures from the past, and the talents and skills that they possessed that aren't part of our history and folklore.
posted by bragadocchio at 9:12 PM on November 1, 2001