Although I no longer smoke weed (I have my reasons), I still look back fondly on my stoner days. One thing I noticed was that when I was both drunk AND high, I couldn’t play very well. I tended to lose my sense of rhythm, and even my place in a song. But when I was just high, I could play just as well as when I was sober. Sometimes, even a little better.

Three years ago I visited my friend in another city. We smoked weed of course, then we went bar-hopping. In one of the bars we visited, there was a band playing. We were friends with the lead singer. He (the singer) invited me to jam with their guitarist since it was the end of their set anyway. So I sat down on the cajon and we played song after song. And I was still stoned but man, the rhythm was flowing out of me like a river! The singer was sitting at the table with my friend and he (according to my friend) was raving about my playing.