On 2012-05-17 23:14:17 +0000, Michael OConnor said:

>>
>> I once saw Tiny Tim, live. He was part of 12 performers/groups who
>> toured the county fair circuit years after their single hits. Free
>> concert with fair admission.
>
> In the years I was in radio, I met my share of show business folk.
> Many of them were creeps, but some were decent people, and Tiny Tim
> was far and away the nicest celebrity I ever met He was incredibly
> polite, and very entertaining; he always carried his trademark ukulele
> with him and it seemed like every five minutes or so he would start
> playing a song by Irving Berlin. He was also an absolute authority on
> the music of the early 20th century.

He certainly was a walking dictionary of the repertoire. Even more
amazing, with very little in the way of demonstrable performance
ability he was a significant novelty act for a number of years, making
no small amount of loot in the process. Not bad.

His "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" was by and large homage to Nick Lucas
for whom I have profound respect. I've have long attempted to copy
Lucas's guitar style from way back when.