Jon is right about my initial posting. The musicians I was referring to had 'a buzz on' but they were not drunk. Someone menitoned above in an earlier posting about it being a concern for their health and wellbeing. This is true. It bothered me to see people drink so much while on the job. It wasn't just the buzz I noticed, it was the volume of beer they were drinking.
I felt badly for them and I felt that they were not engaged with the audience because of the alcohol. Maybe they are the type who never engaged with the audience even if they were not drinking in excess. I don't know. But I do know they were not drunk and from what I could see the booze did not affect their performance. But it bothered me.

Bonnie