When writing for a country magazine once, I was stupid enough to agree to be a judge in one of these things. After the announcement, the judges hid in the washroom for a clear hour before the crowd had dispersed... never again!

I believe that competition of this kind really has no place in music. But, hypocritically enough, when tuning up in a two-band show, I confess to always playing a few of those little licks which you do just to show your opposite number in the other band that you mean business...!

- IanB