Are you guys talking a band like this group, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chicago so on and so forth or a combo where the trumpet player tells the alto guy you play C and I'll play E like this TA, TA,TaTa.

Can anyone here on this forum really read music well enough to play in a real band. Com on guys, these folks went to schools of higher learning and studied reading music for years.

Use Elvis' band for an example eh. Ha ha Just had to mention this. It all just struck me funny.

I enjoyed playing with some real guitar players not just strummers. I played with a guitar player that improvised on 4 or 5 choruses of "Everythings Coming Up Roses" and I don't think he hit the same note twice. I didn't realize that the guitar had that many notes. I'll never forget that night. But I remember the bass playing vocalist was a conceited Ass to work with and he was the leader and the worst musician of the bunch. I'm sure you guys remember stuff like that.