Change socks, and have one of two lucky gig shirts on hand. (They are brilliant batik tie-dye creations made by the two women in my family. If it's not the right venue for them I usually wear one as undershirt. When I played in Cabaret last month we didn't wear any shirts (vests and ties only) so I used lucky shirt as a seat cushion.

Make friends with sound person? Ha, I already know myself when I get there. Make friends with bartender and/or table servers!

Avoid last-minute brilliant ideas.

Put EVERYTHING you MIGHT need in truck (including gas).

And start the evening with a large ginger ale.

W-O