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we started out,? recalls Foun--o	tain. ?Now, we?re old men, but
ir	we?re going to do it as long as we
f-	can.? ?We?re still tootin? and
scootin?.?
g	Asked about the require-
is	ments for membership in the
it	elite club, Fountain quips,
d	?Good feet and a good liver.?
Looking back, Fountain says e	he has no regrets about the
d	roller coaster ride his clarinet
y	and talent has taken him on.
?It?s been good. I don?t know if n	I would change anything,? said
Fountain, e	?Maybe a little later, Beverly
and I might think about settling into a smaller house here. The kids will probably throw us in a y	little apartment and take it
over. They?ll worry that we?ll get
1	too old and set this one on fire.?
But, for now, Fountain is lord of his Cedar Point Plantation and leading the good life deserving of a man who has brought much joy to the world and whom President Clinton calls, ?A National Treasure.?
(Personal note: The visit is over, and Fountain autographed a picture for me and my parents. The inscription on mine reads: ?To Ed, Your Cousin. Pete Fountain.? You see, his great-grandmother and my great-grandmother were sisters, and he often visited my family home on Dumaine Street down the steet from his, knew my grandparents and mom and dad, and my late Uncle Clarence was one of his closest friends when they were growing up).