So there was this bluegrass band..just starting to get popular. Bar bookings, maybe a festival or two. THey had one problem, though--the bass player kept getting behind on the beat, dragging down the tempo. The other band members tried to teach, convince, persuade, cajole him..but to no effect. They finally had to fire him and find a replacement.

THe bass player took it very hard. He brooded. He took to drinking. And finally, in a fit of depression, he went to the railroad station and threw himself behind a train.