My first band was a blues Band. We had a nice, well-paying gig on Nantasket beach, but halfway through the first set, I realized it was a whorehouse! Nothing was ‘going on” in the room where we were playing, but the customers kept leaving with the same women over and over again!
I was mortified, but kept singing (the show must go on!) and recognized that i was well within the tradition of Scott Joplin, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, etc.
I guess that was the turning point in me becoming a TRUE Blues singer! LOL!
It’s an interesting way of losing one’s musical virginity.