New Jersey Stage 2017: Issue 8 | Page 120

UPCOMING SHOWS Wednesdays at Havana, New Hope, PA NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 8 and finding and paying for the parking. He was booked for four hours. The gig took nine hours! He remembers how once it was glamorous and ex- citing to be playing in the Big Apple. As he’s grown older, so has the enchantment grown old. He double parks, loads his gear, and goes back inside to get paid for the days work. He’s tired. He’s been doing this for 47 years. The leader hands him a $100 bill. w He remembers how once it was glamorous and exciting to be playing in the Big Apple. As he’s grown older, so has the enchantment grown old. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 120