Re: [Harp-L] band drinking, minimal harp content

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:51 PM, steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I don't play better drunk, but I do play better after drinking. I  
> have almost always had something to drink when I play, but not to  
> excess.  I  usually have one before starting, then sip one each  
> set. I don't think 3-4 drinks in a span of 3-4 hours is too much. I  
> feel I am less inhibited on solos if I have a couple of drinks. I  
> struggle with "performance anxiety" even after all these times in  
> front of people. Alcohol tones that down.   If I do drink too much,  
> and I have at parties,etc.  my playing is really ragged.   Any band  
> I have ever played in has had members who drank at least a small  
> amount, but I can't imagine anyone keeping a band member who was  
> regularly wasted.
>
> Steve Webb in Minn., where the band I was in no longer exists and I  
> have hardly played harp in the past six months.
I found that a couple drinks has little or no affect on my diatonic,  
but chromo? Whoaaaaaa, Don't even THINK you can play a chrom half  
stewed as a prune.

smo-joe