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John was the first to arrive and start setting up for the night's show The band had decided to do an all original set to see what the crowd reaction would be They see some sort of decision about their direction and they all pros Brad and John had written by heart

"Well, look who got here early," Brad re for an otherwise e

John tuned up with his electronic tuner and watched the little red and yellow lights arc on the dial

"Think the other two'll show?" he asked

John scratched his head and said, No chance Just you and ra write up on your lieutenant friend in the paper yesterday"

"Any good?"

"Just about hoell he was liked in the department and how dedicated he was to truth and justice and all that"

"The all A bad about the dead, I guess," John ers Brad grabbed a hand full of reeted the up before the show He finished tuning and proceeded to run through the material one last time for practice He hated mistakes on his part To be a professional you had to perforht the crowd response to the originals was pretty good At first they see look about thes in and they were hooked

A woman in the front seemed the happiest with the entertainment She clapped the loudest and even tossed in a fehistles and cat calls directed toward the guitar player

On one of the breaks, John left the band and went out to talk with his biggest fan "I take it you like our stuff?" he asked Tammy

"Not bad for locals," she joked

He pulled out a chair and then reached for her hands She gave the broadly "Well, this is a switch"

"What is it?" she asked

"I think you have so to hide Why it's written all over your face But I like it Means you'll never be able to lie to me"