Doug Gortner writes: “I am still tinkling away in Nashville. Much to my amazement, I am still considered the top party/wedding/corporate function pianist in Music City. I still can’t read music, but I can play 440 tunes by ear. To hear my music and see my ancient face and red beret, just google ‘Best Jazz Pianist in Nashville.’ I also model. I played Kryptonite man in a music video and boogied shoulder to shoulder with Billy Ray Cyrus in an episode of Still The King. Pre-COVID, I was selling photos of flowers for $350 that I took with my $200 camera. My son graduated from Skidmore and Dartmouth and my daughter from Connecticut College. My son is on medical leave from teaching engineering at Dartmouth and my daughter (with her math degree) teaches gymnastics to tots and cleans houses in the Hanover, Mass., area. Like most of my classmates, I am entering into the decrepitude stage of life, but am well-medicated and well-doctored, so I am still playing golf and passing for 60 in my modeling roles. Looking for one last wife. (Sandra Z. are you out there?) I am still in touch with my Zete brothers, but don’t hear from my pool hall buddies. Would love to hear from y’all.”
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