Same old thing. I'll be at Ernest's, playing for "amateur night", starting about six p.m. It's sort of like all the people that only go to church at Christmas and Easter. Oh well, at least most of them haven't heard all my "stuff". I can do everything from memory if I want. It actually started Saturday night--wall-to-wall people for five hours.
The place is WAY overbooked, so people will be waiting for tables and for their food. My job is to distract them enough so that they don't get mad!
This will be approximately 20 Valentine nights there, over 29 years. I'm very grateful to have one of the few remaining full-time music jobs in the area, even though I have cut back to three nights most weeks. Looks as if it will go on for a while, as business is great this year--way up from the past few years. The healthy stock market and economy is very important to high-end venues. Lots of celebrations, and that's what drives this particular restaurant.
Feeling blessed--good job, great wife, health o.k., nice weather for golf and fishing. Kids have good lives and have never been to jail.