OBITUARY: Edward Scott MC Michael Seattle Bids Tuba Man a Sad Goodbye

SEATTLE He played Itsy Bitsy Spider when it rained and the theme from Chariots of Fire even when the home team lost. Thumbs up! he insisted when you were not so sure. Want to be a part of it tonight? he beseeched, a call for coins and maybe transformation. Edward Scott McMichael was a busker with perfect pitch and an improbable horn whom most people in this city knew by another name, Tuba Man. He wore funny hats and said funny things, but his mission was to make money by making music in the s...

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