This guy. | TheaterFire

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I remember in 6th grade, my best friend was put on the spot on who his favorite artist was and he blurted out Kenny G. In high school, he would go on to love bands like Biohazard, Pantera, and Hatebreed, so I made sure to always make fun of him for this.

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Swimming-Food-9024@reddit

that album still fucks…. facts

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SmoothLab9207@reddit

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Skate_faced@reddit

Between that guy and Air Supply my mother ensured that my taste in music would never involve them or related artists.

Not a fan, but there is a reason we know about these acts. They indeed made music a lot of people loved and made dentist waiting room comfortable.

Kenny G made me punk as fuck and grungier than a moist truck stop towel.

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Blackn35s@reddit

I believe he is a pretty good golfer.

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Sal_Paradise81@reddit

I refuse to call him anything but Kenneth G.

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

Howard Schultz and Kenny were friends I guess to some capacity, Kenny apparently was an early investor in Starbucks. So my years working at Starbucks were filled with Kenny G playing in the background more so than I would have liked.

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indecisivesloth@reddit

I'm fond of a moment that happened during the pandemic when he played bluegrass saxophone for a fundraising event.

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Adventurer_By_Trade@reddit

Now I need to track this down!

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indecisivesloth@reddit

Ed Helms was the host. I couldn't find the exact clip where he appeared as a surprise, but here they are playing Billy In The Lowground

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Adventurer_By_Trade@reddit

Ah, there it is. I was tying to imagine how it would sound, and then boom - Flecktones. I had forgotten that I'd been hearing Soprano with bluegrass for years through Jeff Coffin. Thanks for sharing that!

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Ajj360@reddit

He kisses just like my dad

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Unit_79@reddit

No. We didn’t. Especially my friends that played sax.

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OkPie8905@reddit

Background music for doing it

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smcg_az@reddit

Or getting a root canal 😂

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buickgnx88@reddit

https://i.redd.it/7fve45a1ofcf1.gif

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TelevisionUnusual372@reddit

Saw him play the national anthem at a SuperSonics game.

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TheHarlemHellfighter@reddit

After listening to him speaking on Bill Maher’s podcast, I feel even more conflicted about him. I mean, he’s not a bad person but there are certain ways about him which make me wonder if he’s being authentic in a way…

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6BigZ6@reddit

I played alto and tenor sax into college and other gigs. In high school, when I was a freshman, there was a senior who played soprano sax and I thought it was amazing, and I wanted to add it to my repertoire…then Kenny G happened and I never touched a soprano sax again.

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Adventurer_By_Trade@reddit

Same - and to add, my grandmother gave me a Gerry Mulligan CD for my birthday one year, and I immediately picked up the bari. Still my favorite horn, especially down past the low F. Shakes you to the core!

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RatherB_fishing@reddit

Just a side note… better than Yanni

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karaloveskate@reddit

That’s not saying much

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protoman86@reddit

That album is a excellent and I don’t care what anyone says 😂

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AltruisticCompany961@reddit

Belongs in the same discount bin at Goodwill as Yanni.

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Buddha0426@reddit

Craig Ferguson on Kenny G

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GarminTamzarian@reddit

Max on Max

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PrepperLargely@reddit

No thanks. The saxophone craze of the 80s was enough for a lifetime.

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RatherB_fishing@reddit

Please see my comment… I’m pretty sure these is a video that will one day surface.

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RatherB_fishing@reddit

lol… fuck me… as a kid my parents took me to one of his concerts, well I was a kid (idk 6-7) and had to use the bathroom, walking back to the seats he was in between sets and caught eyes with me and my dumb ass (still the same dumb ass) just said “how’s it going”… and he was surprised and replied and we literally talked for a minute in front of like 20k folks in their Canadian tuxedos… Yea I should have gotten sterilized.

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poopypants206@reddit

Seattle's finest

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westgazer@reddit

I’m good.

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gaslightindustries@reddit

"Your local forecast, from The Weather Channel."

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boommerz420@reddit

What about Michael Bolton and im not talking about the guy from office space im talking the no talent assclown Michael bolton

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bootyhole-romancer@reddit

Disagree, he's a good singer. Maybe not your cup of tea, but definitely not talentless

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General-Emergency767@reddit

Kenny G., sounded okay to me, but to my musician friends they didn't like him. I did not understand why. When I think of an instrumental from back in the day and it has to be, RISE, BY Herb Alpert & FEELS SO GOOD by Chuck Mangione. Kenny G., is definitely not my go to. Basically, because I can't name one of his songs.

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thenwetakeberlin@reddit

I have pretty solid evidence that at least some of us most definitely did not.

No shame though — if you wanna bathe in whatever Kenny G is expelling, godspeed and you can have my portion.

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