the pressure's on

                     WEDNESDAY 10/9/19 8:40 AM--It's been a hell of a day so far...I really REALLY hope to start working on the Rundgren solo on eBay after Dianne leaves for the Doctor's...I can almost play the riff on Butterscotch so it should be a little easier on eBay...
                      Unlike yesterday, I was miraculously able to get ALL the verses to MY BACK PAGES onto my tablet in about 30 minutes...still not absolutely sure which verses *I* sing--I haven't heard back from Butch yet...I think I should have, but I haven't...I took a guess...MY verses are in black, everyone else's are in color...
             10:10 AM--as I'd hoped, the Rundgren solo is a lot easier on eBay...I'll be practicing it throughout the morning and afternoon...12:15 PM--and now that I've almost got it in whatever key Barnaby sent me in an eMail, he wants to change keys for some reason--typical...what's worse is (I think) he has raised the key...You may call it paranoia, but *I* think Barnaby and Stoney and Brian (a bit less) are bullying me on account of my lack of Music Theory knowledge...Butch doesn't do that; frankly (IMO) perhaps because HE is the weakest link in the Band...oh well...
THURSDAY 10/10/19 --well, practice was not fun, but it's yesterday's news--BE HERE NOW and all that jazz...I don't wanna do anything having to with Music, but apparently I have to go to Litz to buy a (long) guitar cord to replace the one I seemed to have left at Ric's house...the good news (if ya wanna call it that) is that I can charge it--I hope...I'll change strings on Butterscotch tomorrow...I think the strings on eBay are (after at least a couple of weeks) broken in and ready for Saturday's Combustibles gig...
9:51AM--in a sudden change of plans, I put the free set of acoustic guitar strings on the Fender...I like 'em a lot, so far...I'm seriously considering going to Pete Looney's open mic in the Kentlands...I'll take a shower and practice a song or two or three...I'll likely use the tablet...
8:45 PM-I survived my solo set at the Grape Escape...I’d give myself an 8.5...considering I didn’t physically rehearse...I rehearsed in my head, which is better than nothing, but not by much...
11:05PM--I had  more fun as a sideman, first on Bass, playing MELISSA, then on acoustic guitar playing MOONDANCE...in both cases I was backing up Pete and Neil, who played harmonica. I used the tablet, but I hit upon the idea of using severely abbreviated versions of the lyric...just a couple of words to trigger my memory...interesting idea IMO...