As every Portland cab driver knows, Stumptown is an awesome town with music on every street corner. Homeless men will stumble upon a decorative outdoor piano like this one and burst into song. Or attempt to play something like a song. This photo was taken saturday night on Burnside.
“Needless to say these guys can’t play for shit,” said Timmy Caton, the cabbie who snapped the pic. “I’m pretty sure they’re killing my business at the Jupiter.”
Caton explained later, “It was just three short drunk dudes banging away on that out of tune piano. One of them got bored and walked away before I snapped the shot. They were giggling like toddlers.”
Jackson Cafazzo, another livery driver, defended the would-be musicians, “That piano looks great, neat art, but is out of tune and missing tons of keys. A disappointment to play if you are trying to make it sound like music.”
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