Thanks Rick, at least I'm not alone.

I could bore you to tears with my stories of band misconduct, but you wouldn't get any more from them than what's already been said here. Substance abuse and punctuality are my biggest complaints. Sometimes a willingness to haul gear will offset other problems. I get exasperated with folks who don't understand that if I have to carry the gear, set it up, help with sound, play my ass off, then clean up the mess at the end of it all, that I am entitled to at least an equal split of the take. Add to that the possibility that I mightn't get a decent rest and time to tune up makes for a pretty irritated me. No way to start a gig. I do my best to avoid this of course, but sometimes it just happens in spite of the best intentions. Oh oh, I'm venting.

Though I do have a band that works a little, I'm sort of between bands in as much as I don't have regular work at this moment. I'm thinking I'd like a duo, and I've got a couple of solo gigs coming up.

Out here in the boonies I gotta take my lumps. Mooh.