On 2015-04-18 21:50:32 -0500, Jim D  said:   
      
   >  our old bass player. Talked about it a lot with the band girl.  We've   
   > had several ready to retire guys and they seem to take turns coming up   
   > with excuses why they couldn't make rehearsal.  One week it was the   
   > guitar guy, the next week the bass player, back and forth.  They would   
   > be available if it were right before a gig. Odd that.   
   >   
   > What they miss is that they aren't as good as they think they are.  And   
   > that no one really wants to hear old garage band level rock tunes from   
   > their teen years.  Ok, maybe some do :-), but not as many as these guys   
   > thought.   
   >   
   > They picked songs based on if they already knew them, and they weren't   
   > hard to play.  Getting them to do new material was simple a joke.  They   
   > might agree, but the songs were never gonna come together. Ever.   
      
   You guys are no doubt right.  I am lucky to be playing with a couple of   
   guys that basically are my age and have been playing steady for that   
   length of time.  We can get a lot of tunes put together pretty quickly.   
      
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