Ernest Jennings Ford (Tennessee Ernie Ford) Quotes

I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that.

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• I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that.

  

  Ernest Jennings Ford
  • Fingers
  • Rehearsal
  • Snapped