Greetings one and all from Axel. In 2002 I attended the Grand Prix of Europe at the Nurburgring in Germany's Eiffel Mountains. Early in the morning on race day, I pulled out my lute and started practicing near the gift shop and cafe. Bring a really obnoxious tourist who spent his childhood in Germany, I wore my American Flag shirt (obtained from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway) and my dark brown cowboy hat. It was getting warm so I took my cowboy hat off and began playing my simple Newsidler pieces. To my surprise, people from around the world would listed for second and would drop money into the cowboy hat. Eventually, I had enough money to buy breakfast and get some trinkets on The Grand Prix of Europe from the gift shop, Some people stayed around for the duration of the music. To those people I explained that some lute music was written in a tablature known as German lute tablature. They seemed very pleased. My apologies to my fellow lutenists, I hope that the Formula One world community does not think that all lute players are Black Men who wear their nation's flag and traditional head gear while playing lute at the Grand Prix. Of course I am no Joshua Bell, but all was much fun and a good time was had by all.
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