Richard Thompson: bass player joke

Guitar ace Richard Thompson often tells jokes on stage. Here's one, taking the piss out of bass players: A boy is begging his father to let him get a bass and learn to play. After hearing his son go on and on, the father relents and says "You have to take lessons". The son goes off to his first lesson. When he gets home, he's excited and tells his Dad - I learned to play the E string, the fat one on the bottom. Like this E E E E E E. After his second lesson, he tells his Dad - I learned how...

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