Russ,

I hustled 9 ball in the bars and played music 3 to 6 nights a week in the old days. I had friends and relatives in Cajun land that drank until they thought they were Clark Gable and flirted with someone's wife. If their husband didn't like it, that was too bad. Some of these folks would turn into Rocky Marciano real quick.

When they drank, people that I thought were pretty cool, all of a sudden looked stupid to me and I felt sorry for them. So I've always been against drinking.

However, trying to start back in music doing a solo gig, I too, like the "Pro" mentions, get real nervous. So I go to the liquor store and get a shot of whiskey and have it with a 7up and it really settles me down. But that is it for me.

Like playing with DonM with my sax, it's no problem. It's only when I'm going to sit at the keyboard and sing solo.