Life on the road in a Rock band

Story #1. These are experiences of being in a rock band in the 80's. ( They are true experiences, names will not be used. )

After doing a gig in a Town or City, many times the locals would invite us (the band) to a party .Some were large gatherings and some not as large. This party I attended was a smaller one, I would say around 60 people. I along with some of my band mates went to one of those parties. Having indulged in many alcoholic drinks before I arrived, I was feeling "REALLY GOOD!".

Wandering about, I ended up in the living room, where I noticed a attractive female sitting on the couch. She ask me "Do you want to partake?", I replied "Partake?" "Partake in what?" as I drank my refreshing drink. She pointed to the table in front of her. It was a beautiful arrangement of colored pills in various shapes and sizes in its own selected piles. Red ones, Blue ones, Green ones and White ones.

The attractive young lady started to explain to me what certain pills were and what effects they had on a individual . (I) not at all listening to her, distracted by her beauty and the wonderful display on the table, wanted to impress this beauty with my cocky and "look at me!" attitude by grabbing various colored pills and downing them with the remaining rum left in my glass. Did I impress? No, not really.She rose from her seat, put her hands on her face, with a loud voice said " WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?" "Its really not good to mix different kind of pills.!" I do not recall how many I took, but just a guess, maybe 8 to 10 ? She started to laugh, saying. " I got to keep a eye on you, your going for a trip! " Wandering around this party talking with others, slurring my words, getting higher and higher I started to notice I could not feel the floor below me? Now I am becoming very paranoid, never felt this wasted ever in my life. I ran into one of my band mates , I mention to him(slurring and surprised he understood me) " I cant feel the floor?" He replies, "I don't understand what you are saying?"I repeat " I CANT FEEL THE FLOOR!!" in the mean time I am on my hands and knees trying to feel the floor below me. The attractive female explain the situation to my band mate of what exactly is happening, By this time I am just a mumbling fool, not making any sense.

I don"t exactly recall what happened during this period of time at this function(party), but I remember various individuals trying to have a conversation with me, many laughing and pointing. I do know that this feeling was not terrible but at the same time it was not good. It was like my body and reactions did not flow smoothly as i would like it to be. Have you ever heard the term, (blacking out) , a memory loss of certain events.

The only thing I remember after , is waking up in a hospital being told by a ( think he was?) Doctor that they had to pump my stomach due to the stupidity of showing off ! There is that saying "Almost bought the farm!" I almost did. Even though I know nothing of farming. HAHA. There is a lesson I learned her. "STAY AWAY FROM BEAUTIFUL COLORED PILLS!!!"

....more true stories to come.

Life on the road in a Rock Band.