We were sitting in a music room, a few of us newbies on our instruments and some very skilled. The latter were taking the lead on the first verses but then left gaps for us to come in and try our wings. I was vamping on two strings, striking chords aggressively with the long pauses in between, occasionally bluesing up the lower note.
One of the guys clearly expected me to start singing on the next verse and went ahead himself to join me, but I was focusing on playing so he went by himself. I got the upper string to vibrate maniacally and got a "snyggt!" from one of the guys behind me. The mandolin started smoking by the string attachment and I blew on it then played the next chord. It was still smoking a bit into the verse, until I put my finger on it. I was playing it cool as if I knew exactly what I was doing.
It was a nice groove and felt pretty awesome to be in a band again. Made me wake up wanting to play.
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