My friend mike

It is very, very rare that everything comes together playing wise with me. Ok, I practice every day ;-) and try and keep a consistency in my playing. Not always achievable, but once just once, it all comes together. Last night was it, my lip felt good, the acoustics were fine, and the solos chosen were going to be enjoyable to play. So as I stand up for first solo (Lonesome Road) it is going great. I really should not have thought that to myself, because as soon as it flashed through my mind, the microphone went off? Now I am presuming the microphone was a critic, and didn't think it sounded good at all, because of the 4 solo's I had, it cut out every time. I remember once standing up to do a massive solo in Hamburg, with the Army Band. Half way through, that thought popped into my head again ' This is going great' at that point the wind caught my music, I lost my place and the rest was a disaster (ok I bluffed it to the end) So the lesson is, always expect the unexpected, and then stamp on the 'mic'!