I'll keep this short. I ended up in either Chicago or Detroit. Was doing a club gig, Friday and Saturday night. The taxi driver had never heard of either the club or the street. I phoned my manager at about 6:00 PM to find out what was going on. I was supposed to be in Philadelphia. So, I couldn't make the Friday night but was able to for Saturday. The audience was sparce--no, seven people would have been sparce. The audience was lean. I sang to the four or five of them and left town. I arrived back in New York. Mostly luck on my part. I was never allowed to book my own flights after that.