Guatemala Bjorn

At Cafe No Se, the other night, I remarked to a girl, after watching one of the best guitar players i have ever seen, "you guys have got to stop attracting such incredible musicians here. It has the potential to embarrass those of us who aren't"
Her: "oh, what do you play?"
Me: "ummm.....Piano"
Nate: "HECK YEAH HE PLAYS JAZZ PIANO! HE'S FREAKING GOOD YOU GOTTA HEAR HIM PLAY!!!!"
Her: sweet, i'm one of the organizers of Jamtigua, and we just lost our jazz piano player. We will call you tomorrow and tell you who you are playing with.
Me: ummm....i'm not sure this is such a good idea...
Nate: .....Well...i don't know what he said....but more stuff that made me have to play.

I ended up practicing with a jazz group the next day (saturday). we weren't horrible. But not good.

Sunday, we go to the Jamtigua, and ....Other groups are.....Like...Professional. I suddenly realize the impending disaster of embarrassment that would happen when I got on stage. Luckily, the place had no keyboard, and I escaped without any embarrassment, while some amazing guitar player learned the songs in about 2 minutes and looked great.

Having averted the disaster, I was able to enjoy the rest of the bands. Very good concert.