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    Thanks for the encouragement guys! The gig went pretty well in the end. My energy levels were a bit low and I lost concentration a couple of times causing me to play a couple of bum notes but no one seemed to notice. Feedback was good from the crowd and we've been asked to come back in August. So not a bad nights work even though it was a real struggle for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lev
    Thanks for the encouragement guys! The gig went pretty well in the end. My energy levels were a bit low and I lost concentration a couple of times causing me to play a couple of bum notes but no one seemed to notice. Feedback was good from the crowd and we've been asked to come back in August. So not a bad nights work even though it was a real struggle for me.
    Good to hear that it went well. Tough guy
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    Played a gig last spring with the flu and a 103 degree temperature. It was like playing "out of body", but I pulled it off. I was wasted after that gig for a few days.
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    Glad you make it through the gig, Lev!:
    I played a gig once when I had influenza, had to go outside and throw up twice, sick as he!!, but made it through, although I had to get a chair up onstage the last set, I was too weak to stand. I played another one with the tip of my left hand index finger sliced off (thank goodness for slides), but without me the band wouldn't have had a lead player, so I did it.:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lev
    Thanks for the encouragement guys! The gig went pretty well in the end. My energy levels were a bit low and I lost concentration a couple of times causing me to play a couple of bum notes but no one seemed to notice. Feedback was good from the crowd and we've been asked to come back in August. So not a bad nights work even though it was a real struggle for me.
    Way to fight through it and deliver a yeoman like commitment and performance! :
    Steve Thompson
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