{"id":2874,"date":"2009-07-17T00:31:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T07:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2874"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:50:30","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:50:30","slug":"david-beckham-of-the-violin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/17\/david-beckham-of-the-violin\/","title":{"rendered":"david beckham of the violin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not quite sure what being the David Beckham of the violin means, but I guess it can&#8217;t be all that bad!<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/david.garrett.cnn\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><noscript>Embedded video from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/video\">CNN Video<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not quite sure what being the David Beckham of the violin means, but I guess it can&#8217;t be all that bad! 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