Yep, had it, done that. "Lubrication" does NOT help me at all.....just makes me all bumbly. My first public gig (when I was really, REALLY nervous) the cops showed up looking for me. Seems my son at age 2 had run away from the babysitter and tried to find me.

He knew where I was, and hit the Interstate. Couple of bikers picked him up and took him to the Cop Shop. He told the Cops where his mom was, so they came looking. Found me, I retrieved him--but nothing will ever quite equal that for "stage fright".

I was actually less than a quarter mile away as the crow flies, but he didn't try that. He walked to the Interstate Ramp instead.

I also had a bit of stage fright several times after that because of my "timing"--never sure if I was right or not--and tended to rely on the back-up/rythym, but it never was as bad as the first time. How could it be??