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A mandolin master's tribute to keeping your day job

Johnny Staats · TED

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About

By day, Johnny Staats is a UPS package car driver. The rest of the time, he is a world-class bluegrass mandolin, guitar, and violin player. In this short and charming interview, he explains why he kept his day job between shows at the Grand Ole Opry, and how he incorporated his life's passion into his life's work. Followed by infectious bluegrass with electric fingers, he raises a salute to those who follow both dreams and reality.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED@UPS
Speaker
Johnny Staats
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Music
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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