Jesse is not all that common a name, and so unlike the Toms, Davids, and Bobs of the world I don't run into much name confusion. So it was weird when recently I had a spate of Jesse confusions. Incident 1 I once played in a band with a guitarist named Rob, who also has his own separate long-running group. I haven't talked to Rob in about five years, so I was surprised when I got a message from him saying "Are you available for a gig on any of these dates ...". Since the message didn't start with any sort of, "Hey, it's been a long time!" sort of introduction, I immediately suspected he might have texted the wrong person, and so I answered him with "Rob? Good to hear from you - it's been a while: just making sure you're messaging the right person". Rob's day job is teaching middle school, and he was trying to arrange this gig during quick breaks in his hectic day, so he somehow missed my initial response and we went back and fo...
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