We used to think it was normal doing smoky bars...and there always the romantic illusion and mystery of the smoky after hours nightclub.
I've played some pretty rough and seedy and smoky places in my musical journey.
One night, while loading in my keyboard, the doorman at a particularly rough joint, stopped me at the door and asked if I was carrying a weapon.
I said I wasn't.
He reached in his pocket, handed me a switchblade, and said, "This will have to do till you get something better."
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Man, I don't miss those old days...especially the smoke.
Ian