Life as a Musician: This Dream is Not for the Faint of Heart
It’s Saturday night around 11 o’clock. My band Green Eyed Lady is playing at a small club in our hometown of Fairfield County, CT. About 75 people are crazily crammed on the diminutive dance floor. A man I’ve never seen before, about ten feet back and a little to my right, is standing tall, hands clenched by his side, head thrown back with eyes closed, and he is swaying slightly and mouthing along to every word. He is lost somewhere in a memory recaptured and resurrected in t