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hard at it, too. We practiced every

night. The problem was, we were all

self-taught, and every practice was a

bit different because we could barely

read music. But the most annoying

part of the whole thing was that when

we practiced, the cows in the pastures

would come to the barn and moo until

we could hardly hear ourselves. Our

keyboardist assured us that the cows

just liked our music and wanted to

join in.”

“Did they?” David asked.

“I don’t think so,” Jim replied.

“Once we thought we were really

good, we started looking for gigs.

We performed at a couple of places