I'm sure I am not alone in being slightly confused by your post Dick.
In your original post you imply that you have a gig on October 10th, at the Eagle in Boston, a bit premature some may have though be hey ho, then on the 11th February you state you had a good gig (implying you had done the gidg the night before) and sold lots of CD's.
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