Although Henry Mancini was an adequate pianist, his first instrument was the flute.
During the Fifties when Mancini was working at the Universal lot, he and Andy Barber, the head of the music department at Universal, would play hookie and sneak out to Santa Anita during racing season.
61 posted on 06/29/2012 7:00:06 PM PDT by Publius
(Leadershiup starts with getting off the couch.)