In the spirit of my reminiscing about the Kingston Trio yesterday there's a little Tom Lehrer for you. Especially if you think things suck more today than they did back in that so-called day 馃槀 youtube.com/frAEmhqdLFs
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I started reading the comments then stopped. People thinking we weren't all scared of this! PS he was brilliant.
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The first rule of YouTube is you never read comments on YouTube :)
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I've had a run of videos where it's safe to. So my guard was down ;-)
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Here's one. Musicianship in the face of adversity. youtube.com/VBbRTRBY4D4
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Replying to @timtfj
Very well-trained and experienced entertainers know you got to go with the flow. Did you ever see what Bill Burr did during a variety show where the audience was brewing everyone off of of the stage and bill went comedic ape shit on them and they loved him.

Jul 15, 2022 路 2:17 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
I haven't, but you're right. What she does is pure professionalism, and rescues a lot of people from embarrassment. It also keeps her in the right frame of mind to play, and when she finally starts she's established a rapport with the audience too.