Guitarist doesn't miss day of Vegas Cirque work

The AP reports:

It's easy to miss Bruce Rickerd during the "Mystere" show at Treasure Island especially when there's a man balancing upside-down on the foot of another, or a giant inflatable snail emerging from the massive moving stage or the gasp-inducing drops from acrobats above.

But he's there — up high on the right or rather, stage left — playing guitar in just about the same place he's been for every one of the 10,000 shows come Saturday in the 21-year history of "Mystere" as he and the rest of the band tie the music and sound effects to action on stage.

That's right. He's never missed a day of work.

It never occurred to the 62-year-old musician to do otherwise.

The man who shows up.