First time live

I went along to a local Shadows guitar club yesterday. A friend said I should give it a go and as I had learnt Apache earlier this year I thought I'd give it a go. I was originally going to play along to a backing track but when I got there I decided to play with the band. My wife dropped me off so that I hadn't got to drive and could have a little dutch courage(quite a bit actually). I expected to be nervous and I was it was a very strange feeling. I don't remember very much of playing apart from from hitting a few wrong notes and muting a few slides. I did manage to keep playing and didnt break down to a point of being totally lost. How did I do? I don't really know, people were very kind but I think it was a pretty rough rendition. I'm going to go back to the next meeting and hopefully have another tune learnt by then so I can do at least 2 songs.

In the past I've found it difficult to play in front of just my family and I thought maybe going and playing in front of strangers (about 40 people) who didn't know me would be easier. It was a lot harder but I'm glad I did it and realise now there is a world of difference between being able to play a song and being able to perform it in front of others. I'm satisfied that I did go through with playing and not chicken out but hope next time I can let go a little bit. Good fun having a band next to you.