That's more than he heard, Jerry!

My first song in public taught me one or two valuable lessons. Always practice at the volume you intend to perform at; I found I had to transpose Draft-dodger Rag from C to G on the spot, after a false start. If you have to restart, or you forget the words, or you foul up, make a joke of it -- "it's okay, they think it's part of the act!". If you fall off the tighrope, get straight back on again. Don't do circus acts in a folk club.

I still start in the wrong key, and forget the words, and they still laugh when I say it's part of the act; but I don't do it often these days.

Steve