{"id":66659,"date":"2020-09-14T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-gov-david-paterson-shows-off-new-guitar-skills-with-bar-performance\/"},"modified":"2020-09-14T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T18:13:00","slug":"ex-gov-david-paterson-shows-off-new-guitar-skills-with-bar-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-gov-david-paterson-shows-off-new-guitar-skills-with-bar-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-Gov. David Paterson shows off new guitar skills with bar performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ex-Gov. David Paterson shows off new guitar skills with bar performance<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        September 14, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 2:13pm            <\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-image-wrapper\">\n                        Enlarge Image<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former Gov. David Paterson (left) plays guitar, having learned from Dan Smith.\" id=\"standard-article-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/david-paterson-32.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=618&#038;h=410&#038;crop=1\" ><\/img><br \/>\n                <span>Former Gov. David Paterson (left) plays guitar, having learned from Dan Smith.<\/span><br \/>\n                            <span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                        Dan Smith is teaching \u2026 David Paterson guitar.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor of New York reemerged in the public eye Sunday night as he and the musician-turned-meme jammed out at a Hell\u2019s Kitchen bar.<\/p>\n<p>Paterson, 66, introduced Smith at Bar Nine on Ninth Avenue \u2014 then shocked the crowd, and wife Mary, by grabbing an acoustic and hopping behind the mic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy lessons w\/ @DanSmithSongs have really started paying off!\u201d the ex-guv tweeted. \u201cLast night I introduced him at Bar Nine and then surprised Mary and others by jumping in to play and sing Stand By Me and Heard it Through the Grapevine! I was just as nervous as my 1st day in office. What a blast!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clips posted on social media show Paterson \u2014 donning a white T-shirt bearing Smith\u2019s famous \u201cDan Smith Will Teach You Guitar\u201d ad \u2014 strumming and warbling through the Marvin Gaye classic.<\/p>\n<p>Bar Nine opened its windows for passersby to enjoy the live performances by Smith, who headlined Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Paterson plugged Smith\u2019s scheduled shows last week, tweeting, \u201c@DanSmithSongs is the best! I\u2019ve been playing with him for the past few months and it will be an absolute pleasure to introduce him at his show next Sunday night, September 13th, outside Bar Nine on 9th Ave. between 53rd and 54th St. at 7:30 PM!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith, 49, has offered up his services in flyers that have popped up across the city over the past 20 years \u2014 spawning memes and turning him into local celebrity.<\/p>\n<p>The native of Newton, Mass. teaches guitar students at his studio on the Upper West Side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes people ask me if I have other people who teach for me, and the answer is no,\u201d he told Gothamist in a rare interview last year. \u201cIt\u2019s all me. Everything you see, everything I do is me doing it. I think that\u2019s sometimes difficult for people to really comprehend. So, consequently there are rumors that abound that I\u2019m just the face of a company or something like that. So, in answer to all of you out there, that\u2019s actually not the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paterson, who is legally blind, became the state\u2019s first black governor after taking over for Eliot Spitzer\u2019s term from 2008 to 2010 following Spitzer\u2019s resignation in disgrace amid a hooker scandal.<\/p>\n<p>He is married to Mary Paterson, the ex-wife of Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.<\/p>\n<p>Paterson currently works as the vice president of Las Vegas Sands Corp.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/14\/ex-gov-david-paterson-shows-off-dan-smith-guitar-lessons-at-bar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Ex-Gov. David Paterson shows off new guitar skills with bar performance&#8221; September 14, 2020 | 2:13pm Enlarge Image Former Gov. David Paterson (left) plays guitar, having learned from Dan Smith. Twitter Dan Smith is teaching \u2026 David Paterson guitar. 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