Many years ago, a guy convinced our band to back his brother, a singer who just came back from Las Vegas and needed to get back, offering us big money.

We were doing one-nighters and figured when winter comes and the gigs down here were slow, it might be a good idea. Being young at the time, we didn't know we were supposed to get paid for rehearsals.

The singer was very good, and good-looking.

We eventually found out the reason why he wasn't in Vegas anymore was he was a first class divo (male diva).

He would make mistakes, like skipping the rests at the end of a phrase (3.5 bar phrase, anyone) and we'd try to help him, but he would throw a tantrum and stomp off. His brother would try to smooth things over.

We did 3 rehearsals, should have walked after the first one, but the brother/manager was a smooth talker and convinced us we would make big money if we could get past the rough spots.

I don't know if the guy ever got back to Vegas as we never hear from him again.

Lesson learned.

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