Once again, I thought about a conversation I had with a laborer on a construction site many years ago. The laborer, a tall and lanky sort, was an amateur musician. He explained that he had tried to make a living playing guitar in several small-time bands, but he never got enough traction to make a solid go of it. “One of my buddies was pretty good, though,” he expounded. “He ended up in a famous country band. You would know them.”
“Oh, what band?” I asked.
The laborer stalled for just a
moment. “I don’t remember the band’s name.”
I must admit, this conversation has
always bothered me.
—Mitchell Hegman
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