Maybe you could hang fire long enough to think about things.

When I was in NZ a banjo player announced he was going to play Si Beg Si Mor on his banjo.

I smiled (knowingly) to the person on my left and he knowingly told me to hold my council just long enough.

Sure enough the guy played with his knuckles and instead of volume from a reviled frying pan - came this sweet soft, air.

A quiet Mr Red for the rest of the evening.

I guess it depends which hand................

so bottleneck banjo maybe?

Sometimes adversity can be an opportunity. Remember Django.