Try to get in to Berklee and you are automatically in competition like it or not.Musically it has always been competitive, the Jazz guys did that way back when with great relish.Life is a competition but winners and losers both die in the end...
I can not remember the attributer but I always liked:
"Of all the guys I know, you're one of them". and
"If I had to do it all over again,I'd do it all over you"
I'll go with Blind Faith as well. Super Session is right up there, though Stills and Bloomfield did not play together on that album. Might have been Superer...
That seems pretty harsh for a bad night out.Do not get rid of your tools just yet, and I know you have some pretty good tools in the box.Maybe a little confidence and a partner could help.You are the only one who was there that remembers that outing.Try again with maybe a singer/harp player.