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Original Music Sucks

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I am the part-time, unofficial, sometimes unavailable, always unpaid sound man for a blue grass cover band called Durrey (Durey? Durry?) Creek. The banjo player is Stephanie's dad, so I some times play with his band and occasionally help them out with their sound at various gigs. Last night, they played at a library in Gloversville. It was a free show, and the library was packed to beyond capacity. The auditorium upstairs that fit 90 people comfortably was unused because there is no elevator in the library and some of the attendees could not walk up the stairs. This was unfortunate because they packed the crowd of 75+ into a small side room downstairs. Because the room was smaller, they decided not to plug in leaving me with nothing to do. Still, it was great to see the band attract such a decently sized crowd. I ended up standing outside of the room in which they played, because there was no room for me. In fact, as more people came and needed a place to stand, I continually inche