Lou Reed died this week, so it seems kind of appropriate to name this post after one of his songs. I think 'The Man' to which Lou Reed was referring is something of an abstract concept; the man I'm talking about is more tangible: my guitarist, Nicolas.What is it about guitarists? I mean, they're easy enough to find and therefore fairly easy to replace, so they should be generally easy to keep under control ... one would think. But guitarists seem to be at the root of all my recent band problems. The last band, El Reflejo, all fell apart because of an overgrown teenager on guitar (the details have been discussed at length elsewhere), and now this band is slowly grinding to a halt, large…
