Up the Grapevine and into the Lake

Musician will play for money (beginning)

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“You’re all fucked!” announced the singer to a nearly empty room. One of the guitarists, Ray, thought, “So it has come to this.” In the days when bands were hired to play 5 or 6 nights a week in the same bar, things nearly always degenerated in several ways. One important one was just getting tired of playing the same cover songs. Then…