getting better bit by bit

                FRIDAY 10/19/18 1:15AM--my solo set at the OTWC open mic went pretty well IMO; I had a bassist and another guitarist (Johnny the host) accompanying me for the whole set, so it wasn't really solo, was it? But it felt pretty good...a member of the audience said to me "you're good" when I came offstage and sat down...that means a lot...
        By the time I got up to play, the place was nearly empty...I guess everyone was at Hershey's...oh well..I did 7 (?) songs...the hang-up about doing Rising Sun Blues has been overcome I think...I did that one without any "insurance"...but I had a lyric sheet for STREETS OF BALTIMORE, a last minute choice--and still stumbled with that one a little bit...The hardest thing I had to endure was listening to Rockville Mike trying to convince me that his single acoustic guitar arrangement of GOOD VIBRATIONS actually worked--it absolutely DOES NOT...I hope *I* don't sound to others as bad as he sounds to me...
           IF I can go to the Gazebo Jam--IF it happens, I might go...on the other hand, it might be a good time to go to the movies...