Jeopardy Music

At the time, John thought it was crazy idea. Brad had no business background and no idea of the headaches involved. He did, however, have money from his generous mother and that was all it took. He got with Norman because he knew how to cook and make drinks. At the beginning, he jokingly told John that the Sundowner could be a place for them to always have a gig for their band, Another Day. And as it turned out that was the place they always played. There was no real need to seek out other gigs when they could just leave their stuff set up in one place all the time. Brad would just play his set and then go back to work behind the bar or in the back office.

John pulled into the graveled parking lot and parked around back in the employee only spaces. He gathered his well-worn guitar case from under a blanket in the back of the Jeep and went inside. He noticed Brad's Plymouth parked by the back door. The Sundowner was pretty crowded for a Tuesday night, he noticed.

"Hey!" a voice called from behind John as he made his way to the small corner stage.

"Better tune that thing up. I know it was in the back of that ninety-five degree Jeep all day long. I'll bet the strings are like rubber bands," Brad spouted in his usual boisterous tone. He had his sleeves rolled up on his white shirt and a dishtowel slung over his shoulder. He had a dirty red apron tied around his waist with the name Sundowner scripted on it and the print of a fading yellow sun behind the lettering. He was a lanky man with curly blond hair. His teeth were a little oversized for his face and gave him a look of always smiling. This was not a bad thing but it was hard to tell when the man was angry.