"Life is But a Joke"

When you live your life as one of the "freaks" of society, people tend to keep a special eye on you.  Any moment they expect you to do or say something strange.  And let's face it, you can't work in this business very long without SOMETHING going awry. Fortunately, most of us revel in the attention, and when those little slip-ups occur, they invariably make the best stories.  So let's share some of those amusing little anecdotes right here.

About a year ago I put together a (now defunct) band.  It was maybe the second time we had all spoken together, and we were trying to come up with a set list to play at a local band jam that we were scheduled to play in a couple weeks.  We needed half a dozen or so songs that we could throw together quickly.  The lead guitarist suggested, among other things,  Eric Clapton's "Cocaine".  Well, he and the other guitarist (I'll call her "Free"; she was, at least on the surface, something of a Hippie.) happened to have a class together the next morning, so "Free" said she would download a copy of the sheet music from OLGA (On Line Guitar Archive) and bring a copy for him to class the next day.  It was all set.

The next morning "Free" walks into class, sees her fellow band member waiting expectantly, and exclaims for the whole class to hear:

"Oh no! I forgot to bring 'Cocaine'!"
 

If you've got a funny story to tell (music related, and true) e-mail me and I'll put it here.