EASTHAMPTON — They say “two out of three ain’t bad,” but local musician Anand Nayak couldn’t leave well enough alone.

This isn’t surprising, as along with playing his own music, Nayak serves as a music producer and plays with several other groups, most notably (and for the longest time) Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem.

So, when he found himself already acting as a sideman for two of the acts (Adam and the Whodunnits and Jim Eagan) at Luthiers Co-op in Easthampton on Dec. 5, he decided to make it a trifecta.

“Adam and Jim were already on the bill, the third slot was open, and Noam Schatz, Jim Bliss and Mike Benoit all happened to be available,” Nayak said in a recent interview with The Republican. “I’ll be in my happy place all night.”

(That third slot is for another band Nayak regularly pla

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