Monday, December 15, 2008

Another First

I was watching the classic concert documentary "Gimme Shelter" the other day and marveling at how the Rolling Stones managed to play so well on that horrible December night in 1969 while mayhem happened all around them.

But now, I think I know. They must have been "in the zone", focusing on their music and trying to entertain. I got a taste of this the other day when, while the Eyewitness Blues Band played holiday songs outside Macy's Union Square, my car got towed. I was standing no more than 25 feet away at the time, and I had no idea my car was gone until I went to stow my gear in it after we wrapped.

In theory, I'm going to win my appeal, because the sign is pretty clear: the parking spaces were reserved for the Salvation Army Celebrity Bellringing event, which we were playing. But who knows?

What I do know is that I never thought I'd see the day when my car could be towed from practically beneath my nose without noticing. Apparently, life changes when you have a guitar in your hand.