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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:26 pm
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Conan O'Brien plays pretty well

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Jeff Daniels from Dumb and Dumber is an excellent guitar player and singer.
Bernie Williams, who used to play for the Yankees is a player as well.

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Steve Martin plays the banjo and ukelele

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Michael J. Fox ........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G91pbRem8Y

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Tennis Great John McEnroe (and a "Southpaw" too) :P

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Actor Gary Sinise (and his "Lt. Dan Band") They play USO tours for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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hhaha michael j. fox is playing a les paul with a fender strap.

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oh! Billy Bob Thornton plays in a blues/country band. however i think he was a musician before he made it big acting, not sure about that one.

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Hulk Hogan is a musician,I know he played bass,I'm not sure about guitar,but he was in bands before he was the Hulkster.


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You may not believe this (I've seen the pictures and read the interview), but John Mackenrow plays and has a nice collection of left handed guitars.

That really surprised me.


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OMG I completley forgot about my man Stephen King!!!

Shame on me. :wink:

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I think someone already mentioned these guys ...

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ex Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams is a nice guitar player

current Yankees pitcher AJ Burnett plays and has a nice collection of guitars

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A couple more. Here's Douglas Adams (author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) doing a number on the last Pink Floyd tour. Douglas came up with the title The Division Bell and this was his reward:

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And Clint Eastwood has written the music for a few of his own films. Apparently he's a handy bluesman on both piano and guitar. This photo is from a movie (is this The Beguiled, do I recall?), but a glance shows that to be the left hand of a gentleman who knows how to fret a chord:

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BTW: my wife's in publishing and I've actually had the honor to be in the room to see Stephen King do his funky thang. He's good! :D

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Some pro baseball/sports people :

Peter Gammons (ESPN) plays a SRV Strat
Theo Epstein (Red Sox GM) plays in a band
Bronson Arroyo (Cinci Reds Pitcher) has a record out
Bernie Williams (formerly Yankees) has CDs and plays guitar.

Good article on D-Backs and Fender :

http://www.guitargearheads.com/modules/ ... toryid=392

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Jeff Bridges not only sings and plays, but is also a collector. Watch Crazy Heart, the film he won his Oscar for.

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Mclovin from Superbad is a drummer and he plays bass

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