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12 Bar Blues was invented by the famous educator B.F. Skinner. He used the chord progression 1-4-5 as a means of teaching math. 4 bars of 1 equals 4. 1 and 4 makes 5.

Why 12 bars? Because B.F. Skinner also loved doughnuts which are sold by the dozen.

He must have had some cop blood in him. There's another version of that story. Mr. Skinner went bar hopping one night. After one last beer in his 12th bar he staggered home, grabbed his guitar and started playing. The only chords he could remember were the I, IV and V, which he played repeatedly until he puked on his shoes. He resumed playing and singing, and called it the 12 bar blues.
 
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Little-known fact: Pete Best's middle name is/was "Sceckauwnd".

A new line of guitars has been announced by Fender. The six guitars are named after the genre they've been designed for: Metalcaster, Jazzcaster, Bluescaster, Punkcaster, Soulcaster and Funkcaster.

Alas, the Klezmerkaster is being held bak; just as the Starcaster Bass never made it past prototypes in 1970 to finally being released in 2013, the Klezmerkaster is projekted to be in stores in the year 2061, as part of Fender's 43-year development kykle, nee cycle (*see further on note about Konsonants). A Klezmerkaster bass will therefore only be released in ADA/CE/Place-Your-Divinity-or-Non-Denominational-Time-Measurement-Classification-Here-Year 2104.

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