And then there's the 3rd guy. The one who claims he used to play with a somebody, thus making him a somebody also-ran by association.

Here in Cleveland there was a band in the mid to late 60s called The Outsiders. Midwestern radio listeners may remember their hit, "Time Won't Let Me". That band was fronted by the late Sonny Geraci. The song had a somewhat weak 8 bar guitar solo that the locals raved about because they were the "local boy makes good" band. I lost count of how many guys came to my stage asking to sit in claiming that played that solo. I had a standard answer.

"Oh really? You played the solo on Time Won't Let Me? Interesting. I do have to say that you are looking pretty good for a dead guy! That solo was played by a guy named Al Austin. Al was only 2 years older than me and I knew him fairly well. He was rushing to get to a gig out in Geneva On The Lake when his car hit a bridge and he was killed instantly. That happened in 1968. (pause) Get the ^@%^$ away from my stage."

I had dozens of drummers come up and say they played with Joe Walsh. Joe ALWAYS had Joe Vitale from Canton on drums. None of them were Joe.

Standard rule, cast in bronze, NOBODY sits in with my band. Ever. I can sound bad on my own without a stranger who doesn't know our arrangement of a song missing a bridge.