My band was opening for Richie Furay (originally with the Buffalo Springfield) to a packed house at a rock club outside Chicago. The stage manager told us that they would introduce us and they would begin to raise the curtain as we started our first song. "Ladies and Gentlemen, the blah, blah, blah is proud to present Cactus Jack!!" We launched into our first song (complete with three-part harmony) and, as the curtain started to go up, it hooked the boom stand on our Bass players microphone. As the curtain ascended so did the mic! I looked over to see Mike, our bassist, manfully trying to free the mic stand with one hand and play the bass with the other, while continuing to sing his part. With a little help from an observant stage-hand, he did it, too. What a way to start a set!