Yesterday I saw a trending topic on twitter that threw me for a minute. It was “John McLaughlin”. I immediately thought, oh crap did 2016 take away another of my favorite people?
John McLaughlin was a political commentator who had a famous talk show. He passed away yesterday at the age of 89.
I don’t mean to imply that I was happy about the death of this man. I don’t mean that at all. I will say, however, that I am very happy to learn it was that John McLaughlin, and not another John McLaughlin.
John McLaughlin is an English jazz guitarist. I’m not sure he’s human though because human beings should not really be as amazingly talented as he is. He’s one of those guys who make your favorite rock guitarists feel inadequate the way you feel when you listen to your favorite rock guitarists. Know what I mean? Imagine how good a mortal human being can be on a musical instrument. Then imagine someone who is 100 times better than that. That’s John McLaughlin.
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