Mooh, I'll do some answering to your question a little later on tonight, after I've given it some more thought. For now, I do want to add something I've been thinking about today regarding this question. At a pretty early age, I was around the "big boys" ... the "professionals", if you will. Their names aren't important to my point. We all knew (know) several. These are the guys and gals that are always on the road, making their living by performing anywhere and everywhere. Concerts, clubs, taverns, coffee houses, festivals, records, CD'S, you name it. For some reason I always was a keen observer. And I'm discovering in my elder years, that I have a very good memory of events that happened. And I'm also fortunate that I keep my friends and my friendships a LONG time. So, I've known many of these 'professionals' a very long time. I've helped bury several, and I occasionally do a gig or two with some. So I am often still in contact with the 'scene.' And I don't miss it! I don't miss it a whole bunch! I recently read the biography on Bob Gibson, "I Come For To Sing." That brought back a flood of memories. I knew (know) several of the prominant players in that drama. And yet, what a sad story: the drugs, the booze, on and on and on. And yet, dispite all that, I still do wonder where I would have gone if I had pursued it harder. I can quickly define what the costs would have been: a solid 26 year marriage, three wonderful children, a stable life. But I still wonder ... what might have been. Any thoughts? CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson