Here's a gem fo ya. I'm doing a show last night with Graham and Kevin from Tucson Simpson and we're swapping sets. Great sounding place and very intimate with the furthest person being less than fifty feet from you. Halfway through my set, I'm about to do "Crossroads" by Robert Johnson and explaining some of the story behind the song.
I'm giving some insight into RJ and how other people took lines from other RJ songs to make it seem like something other than what it is. I'm at the part about the legendary "selling of the soul" at the crossroads.
The place is very attentive and quiet, when I look up and this older, hippie-ish looking guy at the bar has his hand raised. I thought he wwas signaling someone and kept on talking.
When I looked at him again, he was rasing it higher trying to get my attention. Wasn't too sure what to because I felt like a teacher about to address a student's request to go to the bathroom. So, I stop what I'm doing, look at him and say "yes sir, do you have a question?" He asked me if this is where "Oh, Brother Where Art Thou" got the idea for
that character saying he'd just sold his soul to the devil because he wasn't using it.
I responded, "yes sir, that's almost a direct rip of this story." Then, his wife swats him on
his leg and tells him not to interrupt and stop the show. By this time, everyone is cracking up and I told them this is the first time anyone has ever raised their hand to ask me a question in the middle of a story and it could turn into a new concept for me...ask Andy, the ex-rock star. Too funny.