My neighbor was putting on an event, Art & Culture festival. She heard my practicing, and asked me to play. I can’t believe I said yes at the time, but I did. I felt I was incredibly rusty, and could not pull off a “set” even if it was just for the families of the area.
I got up to perform, and I just had an idea of the songs I was going to play – I had no backup, no beat, and no one else. While playing (some Santana if I recall) my amp kept kicking off the overdrive. My amp was dying. I don’t know if it was from cranking it too much, or the Honda generator, but it really screwed me up. I was prepared for standing in front of people, although it was a bigger crowd than I thought it would be. I was NOT prepared for equipment failure.
The only thing that still worked was the amp on clean, and the looper pedal, so I played a blues song.