what is it with local musicians anyway?

I don't think the pros do this kind of thing. Well, most of them don't. The ones who are clean and sober, anyway.

I think it's more often amateurs for whom their 15 minutes is their shot at stardom, or so they see it. Which makes it impossible for them to think of anyone else.

I've been there, and I'm very much afraid I've done that.

Peter.