Last night was awesome. W didn't end up coming. She sent me a text saying she she couldn't get anyone to go with her! Ha! I was relieved.
About a dozen of my friends showed up and we all had a great time waiting until our turn up on stage. The feeling was so fun and supportive, my nerves were virtually nonexistent. The fact that I was playing with another guy took an enormous amount of pressure off me.
Earlier yesterday I decided to change my look, and I went out and got a very short haircut, shorter than I've ever had. Essentially like a military cut, and I got a subtley flashy but cool shirt to wear. When the ladies showed up I got comments like "Look at you! You look like a rock star!" One woman was flirting and hitting on me endlessly, and two others were vying for my attention. Felt d*mn good.
Finally our time arrived and we went on stage. Was a blast. The crowd was cheering and singing along. We ended up doing two extra songs. Folks said we were like father and son up there. As we neared the end of the song "Mother" I got a wave of relief as I realized I was going to make it through the song without forgetting any of the lyrics. My young partner got the crowd rocking with his funk tunes. Really great time.
Afterwards, the woman who was flirting so much had to leave, but a short while later she texted me, saying "You did great, and you looked d*mn sexy up there". A 25-ish year old woman came up to me and introduced herself and wanted to hang with me. Life is good...
