Lousy band hire piano, butchering this piece? (8,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
rhapsody in blue
'lousy band hire piano butchering' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'piece?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'piece?' could be 'rhapsody' (I have seen 'Piece of music ' mean 'rhapsody' so perhaps 'piece' could also mean 'rhapsody') and 'rhapsody' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'inblue' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'this' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rhapsody in blue that I've seen before include "Gershwin's piece" , "Example of jazz" .)