In reply to Barry.

Oh, it was too funny, Barry. I thought for a sec that maybe I should write up some kind of disclaimer as an update concerning all the boozy debauchery of that particular evening, but hell—this is sex, drugs, and rock and roll we’re talking about here. The drinking is just part of the whole experience. One of my email signature quotes is from Friedrich Nietzche, saying:

“For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable—intoxication.”

Truer words were never spoken. Although for the players that last, eventually a question presents itself: Are we here to play music, or are we here to get drunk? Give the wrong answer and you’ll wreck yourself, degrade or destroy your connection to the music, maybe even die.

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