The most terrifying gig I ever did…..

        Today I played the scariest gig i’ve ever played-my son’s preschool. I was asked to come and speak in front of twenty odd four year olds. Well, they weren’t odd, but you know what I mean.        

         I was wrangled into this last week, and agreed. Over the weekend I thought about it a couple of times, but didn’t get the guitar out and work on anything.     

         This morning found me in a panic to learn “Bob the Builder”…..which I did. It was the best thing I could have done. It went down a storm with the collection of 2 and a half to 4 year olds. They were really sweet. They did not turn on me like I envisioned in my worst nightmares, and were very responsive when I asked them if they had any questions about “musicians” or “music”…………sample:       

        “any questions?”…….a hand goes up…….”Yes, sally”……….Sally says, “I have a dog named Bernie”                        
       “any more questions?”…another hand goes up……”Yes, Fred”……Fred says, “I like to wear blue shoes”

         I told them that I would be lecturing on copyright law for an hour or so after preschool if anyone was interested-no takers.     

         Principally on my mind was not embarrassing my son in any way. I had horrible images of messing up career day at my son’s preschool, and somehow scaring him emotionally in front of his classmates.

        Steve Martin’s Parenthood is one of my all-time favorite movies, and one scene in particular flashes into my mind alot these days.      

        Martin is coaching his son’s baseball team, and has made him the second baseman. His somewhat troubled son misses a game winning fly ball, and the scene immediately switches to Martin’s fantasy of how he screwed up his son’s life by making him play second base………brilliant.

         I watched this clip while I was preparing this blog, and once again was blown away by “Parenthood”…….what an amazing movie.

        The “gig” this afternoon went well, and when I asked him if it was ok on the way home………from his carseat in the back……he said, “it was great, daddy”……….that made me feel SO good. The best feeling in the world.

       An earlier blog where my son calls me “hot and fat.”
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