I have to ask when they guy called you why didn't you just jump in the car and fly over there so you can play even though you would have been a little bit late?

By the time I would have scrambled to get there...everything would be over.

Many years ago I was home on a Friday night, actually going through some songs I was planning to play at a gig the next night ... the phone rings and a woman asks "Tony, where are you? Why aren't you here?" I realized it was the woman who hired me for her parents anniversary party which I thought was the next night ... fortunately the venue was 15 minutes from my house ... I had my wife pick up my tux from the cleaners and bring it to the hall and I packed up as quickly as I could ... all in all, I started a little less than 1 hour later than I was supposed to and told the woman I was going to play the 3 hours with no break ... the night went fine from there, and everyone had a great time, but when she paid me the woman said the music was great, but she could never recommend me to anyone ...