Bugsy...

I wish... the first time I played folk music I was flat out pressured into getting up cold by a 'friend' who was running an open mic... I had gone just to see what was goin' down, and the next thing I knew I was up for nearly 45 minutes so my 'bud' could suck back some suds and pick up chicks... I had never played his guitar before, had never sang into a mic... I had never even been in this bar before... So I just sucked it up and did my thing without even knowing what my thing was... Sorta the empty handed leap into the void... I had a blast!! Lost any and all sence of nerviousness about a minute and a half into the first song... And ended up getting called back up later that night to do it all again.. the barman even booked me to start playing there...

And it's been a hell of a ride ever since...

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