After nearly a year of frustration, I quit my band last night. It always took an act of congress to get them together to practice, and often when we did practice.......I would travel 150 miles to make the practice (they only needed to travel a few blocks away), and one of them would be "no show". Anyway.....apparently after four months of no practice......they decided to commit to a gig today. Bad enough that they hadn't practiced (I don't like being embarrassed), but they never told me anything, and committed me to play without my knowledge. They would only hint at what was going on.......asking if I was going to be in the area during the play date, telling me they wanted to play (mentioning nothing about the gig).

Anyway.......I was informed last night they had committed me to play a gig today. I went ballistic, first of the fact that they never practice or are "no shows" for practice.....then to not even have the courtesy to let me know about the gig until the night before (they just assume I'll always do what they say). When I confronted them about it......they got all bent out of shape. Finally I told them I'd had it with them and quit. mmmmm........I wonder how the gig is going today. It was for an annual labor day event............