it's the right thing to do

         FRIDAY 11/22/19 9:18 AM--it feels like it has taken forever, but I finally got the mp3 of BREAKDOWN into Audacity so I could slow it down enough to (hopefully) learn a certain guitar riff...I feel as though I can't do much of anything until Goodwill comes and takes the microwave and the microwave cart...I dunno when that will be...Dianne doesn't either...
       4:12 PM--they came around one o'clock or thereabouts...I tried to take a nap of a decent length but it only lasted about an hour...so I got up and went to work in the Gizmo Lab...I THINK it's ready for the gig...
9:10 PM--I was able to get in a teeny bit of practice for the past hour or so, polishing up various riffs...I hope to get some more in before the gig...because its' strings are newer, I'll probably use Butterscotch as my main guitar...
   Dianne and I are going out the door in the morning at about 8:30 to do stuff...hoping to home by 1 PM, more or less...the load-in is at 3 PM I think...
SATURDAY 11/23/19 5:15 PM--Dianne went out alone, I was/am? too sick to go out...participated in the load-in/set-up...dunno why I brought Butterscotch, but it's a good thing I did...what happens is:ya set up yer stuff, plug in your instrument, make sure everything works--*I* don't, but some people call that a sound check...don't wanna leave the house before 7:45 or so...
SUNDAY-11/24/19 2 AM–the gig at the OTWC is history...LOTSA mistakes from everyone not just ME...I think the audience generally liked us...that may be the only thing that matters...I think I came home with about $100 more or less...I’ve got $166 in my pocket...at the most I had roughly $60 in my pocket when I left for the gig...
 9:20 AM--I'm gonna wait until I hear from the other guys, I'm sure they have their opinions regarding last night's gig and I suspect that they won't exactly agree with me...I believe it's true--what the audience thinks matters the most...but I would be happier if we didn't make so many mistakes...
       It sounds like BS, but it's true--I felt pretty bad when the show started, and I don't feel good now...I would wager that Barnaby Brian and/or Stoney will deny making many if any mistakes...In some cases, if one person makes a mistake, the rest of us have to go along with it...as to who originated the most mistakes, I would say it was Butch...IMO he's the weakest link in the band...he has said that he and his family will be moving to the beach (wherever that is) sometime next year...it's cruel and heartless, but I'm wondering if we should replace him sooner...