I remember an incident in the Washington, DC area from some number of years ago. A local bar had a bluegrass band, one just starting out (but with well-known members from earlier bands). Paid 'em to be there and everything.

The barman turns the TV on, loud, during their set, and won't turn it down (there may have been a football game on, I don't recall). So the band goes looking for another place to play, and starts playing at another bar, one not known for anything special, musically, and ends up "making" the reputation of that bar.

The places in question were the Rabbit's Foot (losers) and the Red Fox Inn (winners, and bluegrass / old-time music mecca for years afterwards). The band called themselves the "Seldom Scene."

So sometimes there is justice in the world, you know?

And now you know ... the rest of the story.

Songbob