S: Play that song Mark.
M: But I don’t know the chords.
S: I’ll look it up. It’s by the Cowsills, “The Rain, the Park, and Other Things.” Here, here are the chords (sets iPad on a stool, displaying tablature; holds chord book in one hand, iPhone playing the song the other hand). OK, now play, quick!
M: (Dissolves into laughter.)
S: (See above.)
M: (Picking at guitar and singing under his breath) … There is a house in New Orleans they call …
S&M: (More laughter.)

And I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew, he could make me happy …