I Made A Deal With An Old Man In A Food Court Bathroom

Part 30

I then walked, past Ricky, and over to the box, stepping over the wires as I did.

Stephen saw me, stopped head banging, kept playing, and yelled, "What are you doing?"

I could barely hear him over the roar of the crowd.

I too kept playing, as I walked past him, and knelt down near the box. I then put my right ear next to one of the speakers

There was nothing coming out.

No sound!

No hum!

Nothing! At least I didn't hear anything.

Ricky, still playing, walked over and yelled, "What the hell are you doing, Dude?"

I could barely hear him either.

I stood up, still playing, but completely confused.

"There's nothing coming out!", I said to Ricky. 

"Let it go, Dude!", he yelled back, shaking his head, "Rock and Roll!", he yelled.

I figured maybe I was wrong, even though Bob lied about the box earlier.

I let it go, and began head banging, walking back to my place on stage, and getting ready for my back up part.

I looked to my right to see Derek, all the way across the stage, standing next to his microphone, and staring at me confused, as he tapped his foot to the rhythm of his bass.

Corey didn't even notice. He was too busy singing to pay attention to me.

I did my backup part, so did Ricky and Derek.

I then looked past Derek, to see Bob standing there, just off stage, out of crowd view, underneath the clock, with his arms crossed, and not looking very happy.

I didn't go near the box the rest of the show, but I kept looking over at it, and realized that when we were playing, the light was green, when we weren't, the light was red.

I looked down to see Donna, rocking, smiling, waving, and blowing me kisses on occasion.

Tony and Rebecca rocking out too.

I decided to stop worrying about things that I could not control, and began having a good time, letting the music engulf me, and feeding off the energy of the crowd.

After a while, Bob unfolded his arms, smiled, and walked away from the stage, apparently happier now.

The entire show went off with out a hitch.

I introduced each song, reached out and pretended to try and touch a few hands in the audience, and tossed some guitar picks out into the crowd.

I did some choreographed back and forth swaying moves with Ricky, like the guys in Warrant did in their "Down Boys" video.

I know it's cheesy, but the crowd loved it.

I jumped up on the drum riser, and head banged with Stephen a few times, as did Ricky and Derek. 

Corey leaned against me and sang, as I played, like David Lee Roth did with Michael Anthony in Van Halen's "Jump" video, doing the same with Ricky and Derek.

I didn't really have any interaction with Derek, as I didn't venture to that side of the stage, aside from the time both of us jumped on the drum riser.

My wire probably wouldn't have reached that far anyway.

I thought about unstrapping my guitar, the one I was playing at the time, and tossing it into the air, but I really liked those guitars, and with my luck, I'd lose it in the lights, miss catching it, and look like a complete idiot on stage, so I decided against it.