I wish I could go without seeing the lyrics. I can do, I'm guessing, a thousand songs without looking at charts or lyrics, but there are many more with which I use the laptop to see lyrics/chord changes. It has to do with the situation. I play in a lot of places where there are many off-the-wall requests. Tips are good in these places, and I often make more in tips than what the job pays. For example just last night I had a request to do a song I haven't done in many year. Had to use the lt to remember the words.
In other places, such as my up-coming casino job, I will do mostly pre-planned sets, no requests, no charts. I'm looking forward to it.
You guys can bash personalities as much as you want. I'm not going to do it any more. I'll just ignore the flames and assume everybody means well.
Famous last words.
Alfred E. Newman is still my hero.
DonM



[This message has been edited by DonM (edited 01-07-2005).]