anesthesia

In two weeks my band's drummer will be completely put under (general anesthesia) at 6:30 AM; he'll then receive a double root canal. We have a 3 hour gig that night at 8:00 PM that he fully intends to play. I'm skeptical that he'll be completely up to the task. I don't know that I would be...

I have been playing bass for a very long time, but I don't know much about music theory. Some people have told me that I don't have any issues with time in my playing. I play rythms by feel and don't think about anything when I play. But... Sometimes I come accross rythms that I just can't...