>>>That's true. Back in 1980, I tended bar at a Ramada Inn that had a live band each night and a big local trade. I was making minimum wage (which back then was $4.25/hour) and made at least $60 a night in tips. 35 years ago, that was pretty good money.
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>>Glad they were alive. What's a dead band sound like? <g> This is one of my pet peeve's. I see signs that say "Live Dancers", I want to stop and ask "Are you discriminating against dead dancers?"...
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>Well, there was the Grateful Dead... <s>

You beat me to it again....

Don't let Randy Brown find out about this. He has probably seen them over 100 times by now. I always thought it was cool that as buttoned up a company like Microsoft would have a Deadhead in a key position.