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                            Duaine Hechler &lt;dahechler@att.net&gt;;                            <br>
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                            [pianotech] OT: This is sort of music related - for all you lovers of RAP............                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">HAHA.....I hate to rain on your parade BUT......RAP was NOT created in the 80's..............if you take the basic definition of RAP is........it goes all the way back to 1920's...............with the entertainer.............George Burns ..........because George Burns could NOT SING ..........so he mostly spoke the words to the music ..............SO THERE !!!!!<BR><BR>-- Duaine Hechler<BR>Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing &amp; Rebuilding<BR>(314) 838-5587 / <a ymailto="mailto:dahechler@att.net" href="javascript:return">dahechler@att.net</a> / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com<BR>Home &amp; Business user of Linux - 13 years<BR><BR></td>
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