Played Open Mic night. Didn't bring guitar. Host lent his. Broke three strings during second song. Sweet Caroline is crowd pleaser not a career ruiner. Asked to never come back.
The string breaking was my fault. I’ll get to that in a second.
After practicing, I suggested going to a bar. You know check out other bands playing in the area. The Singer shrugged but agreed.
We go into the bar. The bartender seemed surprised to see The Singer, thinking he moved out of town or got institutionalized or something like that. The Singer just played it off.
The bar was having an open mic night. The Singer didn’t want to play but after a few drinks, I convinced him to play. He tried using not having a guitar as an excuse but the open mic night host knew him and let him play it.
He wasn’t actually playing Sweet Caroline. The chords were similar and someone in the audience started singing the song. I got a little excited, went up on stage and started doing my best Neil Diamond singing.
I stumbled into him. The Singer fell out of the chair with the guitar and then I fell on top of them breaking the strings.
Totally my fault. I own it. No more Neil Diamond for me.
The Singer also decided that the song will never be played again since drunk people thought it was Sweet Caroline.
The open mic host was not mad. We were never told that we aren’t allowed back.
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