Playing the verse versus playing background

I am into my second year learning here and keep getting stuck on something. If anybody can provide some guidance, I would much appreciate it.

I have been given five songs to play at a gig tonight because the original harmonica player can’t make it, and I volunteered. Should I try to learn the verses or just plan to play background, filler music where it seems right? I am always struggling with this…should I learn the verse (which takes a heckuva lot of work for me) or just plan to fill into a song as if it were a backing track?

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Ask what the usual guy does

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@johnniethek I’m gonna +1 @toogdog but usually you’re just filling, not playing the melody.