Re: [Harp-L] Worst Gus incident ever

[Barry Bean <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you will review the Harp-l archives, you will discover that the name is, in fact, rooted to a gig story I posted several years ago.

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> On Jul 16, 2014, at 11:39 AM, philharpn@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> Somebody thought the name Gus sounded like an arseluck name for the guy who didn't have sense enough to keep his harp in his pocket.. Unlike Paul Bunyon (based on lumberman PR creation) or Mel Bay (a real person) there is no basis in fact for a real Gus. 
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> Which is not to say that someone NOW will reverse engineer (reverse history) recall the guy who spawned this creation.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Eisenberg <catketch2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: HARP L HARP L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, Jul 16, 2014 9:32 am
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Worst Gus incident ever
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> Where did the name "Gus" come from?"
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>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 8:20 AM, fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Hmm, how is it the world at large is also on to this phenomenon?
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>> http://www.gocomics.com/fminus/2012/11/02#.U8ZtuY1dXC4
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