| I was at Alcon. It was being held in the World Famous Muscatine Holiday Inn-where the towels are kinda fluffy-and Al had not arrived. Bermuda, Steve, Jim and Rub�n were there, however, and they were going to play a song for us. I looked around the room for a seat. It was packed-naturally-so I headed for the one empty seat I did see way on the other side of the room. As I walked over there, I saw Steve notice me and nod at the other band members. I settled down in my seat just as Steve walked up to his microphone. �Hey, Megan?� I started blushing, but managed to say �Yes?� �Will you come up and help us?� I looked around at the crowd. All of them were staring at me. �Um�only if you hug me.� The entire crowd looked shocked and said �SSSSHHH!� but Steve grinned at me and said �Sure!� I picked my way through the crowd and ended up right next to the stage. Rub�n handed me a belt with a bunch of audio equipment on it. �Now all we have to do is wait for Al.� I strapped the belt on and stood by the stage, looking around for Al. Quite a long time later, Al still hadn�t shown up. Frustrated and tired, I took the belt off and sat down in the backstage area (namely the closet). The band were tired of waiting too. They had a tape of Al�s vocals, just in case Al didn�t show up, so they stuck that in a tape player and attempted to play. It didn�t work, so Bermuda took over vocals and they played Chicken Pot Pie and Laundry Day. My Take On It Next Dream |
| AlCon Minus Al 02/23/02 |