On Saturday, 12 August 2017 06:04:08 UTC+3, ~misfit~ wrote:


There was another 'temptation that was abundant in that environment' that
was only destructive to relationships. As I previously mentioned four of the
five 'playing' band members were married and we were on the road (without
the wives) 75% of the time...

It was a great thing to experience though for a single man. ;-)

Ah yes:

A sermon, dear friends, you are about to receive
On John Barleycorn, nicotine, and the temptations of Eve"

There is a story regarding the Fletcher Henderson band, who were playing a gig in St.Louis, the home town of one of the saxophone players. This particular musician was propositioned by a pretty young girl after the gig. Slowly, he looked her up and down, and said, in a way that only an African-American jazz musician can, "Honey, you are young enough to be ma daughter. And if you look anything like your mother, I would say that is not beyond the realms of possibility!"

He drank his cocoa alone that night:-)

Iain