I Dare Not Drink Before A Gig

I've Wanted To Be A Drummer Since I Was About Five Years Old. I Used To Play On A Bath Salt Container With Wires On The Bottom, And On A Round Coffee Tin With A Loose Wire Fixed To It To Give A Snare Drum Effect. Plus There Were Always My Mum's Pots And Pans. When I Was Ten, My Mum Bought Me A Snare Drum. My Dad Bought Me My First Full Drum Kit When I Was 15. It Was Almost Prehistoric. Most Of It Was Rust.

I Dare Not Drink Before A Gig Because I'll Get Tired And Blow It. So I Have To Sit Drinking Tea In A Caravan.

There Were Times When I Blundered And Got The Dreaded Look From The Lads. But That Was A Good Sign. It Showed I'd Attempted Something I'd Not Tried Before.

I Remember In The Early Days When We Played Six Nights A Week For A Month And I Was Doing My Long Drum Solo Every Night. My Hands Were Covered In Blisters.

I Have No Qualm About The Quality Of The Contemporary Repertory.