Re: [Harp-L] Train wreck recovery

[Bob Cohen <bcohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 4, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Jim Konish wrote:

> never knew you didn't plan it that way in the first place.  But  
> when one
> person's mistake throws the rest of the band off, it's a lot harder  
> to hide.

When you're playing a well known song like "Whammer Jammer" and  
blowing it exactly like the record and the audience knows the song,  
you can't "hide" the mistake.  You have to press on.  What you can do  
is make it look like you intended to pause at that moment.  You can  
lemonade out of lemons.  I'd handle that by dropping out myself,  
allowing the band to resynchronize and then resuming an earlier point  
to recapture some of the pathos you'd built up during the previous  
verses.  The blues always comes home.  While the band is getting  
organized, talk to the audience.  Make a joke, reminisce about the  
song anything keep them interested.  If you're good a connecting with  
audiences they'll think you intended to pause at that moment and stay  
with you.

Bob "I don't know sh**"  Cohen