I hear you Diki, but I'm gonna meet Fran half way. It's a lot more fun playing with a great player who is clean, sober, and ego-free than a great player who has had a few brain cells ah, chemically removed. Sadly, it too often goes with the turf. I think it may be the stress of seeing glorified karaoke machines manned by pushbutton 'musicians' take all the good-paying gigs . Or a public that prefers a 'Madonna' to a 'Sarah Vaughn'. Or hamburger to filet mignon. Or Fundamentalist religious principles to uh, common sense. Oops, getting off topic here.

chas