Yusuf Kilgore

Electric Guitar, Fiddle

yusuf@gertrudeshearse.com

Yusuf Kilgore gave up tap dancing in the late 1980's to pursue a career in professional watersports. Being much too tall for Velodrome bicycling he gained a great appreciation not only for various filled bakery items but also for can collecting. Over the next several years he developed a great sense of cans, primarily those in the cylindrical shape. When the can craze of the early 90's died off to all but a gleam in his father's eye, he shored up on the porch of a promising new Alabaster Stone Works factory. Coupled with his already deep-set desire for digging was a no-brainer to select by ballot a career in undertaking. His incessant digging ultimately led to completely wearing out a shovel, something few of us could ever so proudly attest to. On his way to the Shovel Store he passed a bakery, sampling several of the most delectable filled bismarcks, long johns, and doughnut holes. A little further on, he noticed shovel with a larger scoop than he'd ever seen hanging in a storefront window. Upon closer inspection, he realized it wasn't a shovel but a glorified steel guitar; somewhat resembling a can, a shovel, and a filled bakery item! Upon closer inspection, he saw what appeared to be a little tiny shovel that came with a stick! Heads flew as he rode back to Calgary bowing that new fiddle and leaving a trail of powdered sugar and rosin from Fort Worth to Edmonds.

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