I once got a job as bass player in a country band because I had a car--turned out that the guy before me wasn't a bass player and didn't even have a bass ("Bob, he don't drive, and I ain't got a car, but we do have a bass and an amp")--They did have lots of gigs, in interesting places like Manton and Hesperis, and at dozens of VFW Halls each situated on it's own "Mud Lake"--and don't even ask about what happened to either their car or Bob's driver's lisense--