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It was really fun. I pulled an old original out of my ass & everyone went crazy for the tune. There was hardly anyone there, though. This place is starting to suck, socially. None of the big parties are happening anymore. There used to be lots of them on Mem weekend, but not for the last 2 years. (Or are they having the parties, but just not telling Philby about them? "Paranoia will destroy ya!")

My voice felt funny, & I felt like I was losing my breath a lot, prolly cuzza the damned weather, but I pushed on through & did a decent enough job.

Things keep up like they have, & I"ll be going back to the solo work. I'm tired of waiting for band work all the time.

Hope those guys I played with yesterday call me back for more work, but the guitarist keeps booking low-paying gigs & knows not to call me for those. He told me they had 2 more gigs coming up, but they don't pay enough to afford me, he said.

The guys in Flamingo Road want me to book a gig in Hagerstown, MD, at this bar that keeps calling me for the band, but it doesn't pay enough, either ($250 for 4 guys? you gotta be kidding me!), so I told them to just wait. Besides, I'm still not sure I can depend on that guitarist, yet.

I think I'm gonna go fishing tomorrow & quit thinking about everything for a day or two.

Sometimes I would get side tracked and not want to play unless the pay was really good. I have another take on it now since I began playing again.

I would rather play with good musicians for 10 cents a set than to play with mediocre or bad musicians for $30.00 a set.

The thought of having fun playing with good musicians and not get paid very much as opposed to sitting home is a no brainer for me. It's all about the music.

I mentioned it before, but I load my gear and drive 120 miles for free just to play with some of the guys I used to gig with, and it's worth every minute.