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5 string Mike

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About 5 string Mike

  • Birthday 11/30/1999

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  1. Walter Wart Matthau Unnamed sources
  2. Phat & The Tuesdays Spank 'n The Competition Stroke 'n The Big Blocks
  3. The Jingle Belles Happy Holly Daze Santa's Slayers The Missile Toes
  4. Drama Dave and the Love Hate Loves
  5. Traversestites Petoskeytonk Cadillac Knacks Manisteeley Dan Tainted Taint
  6. For our 'work' band, we were playing in someone's yard as community support for a local race. There were bands stationed throughout the course. This was a Sunday AM thing, we set up around 7:30 AM, play from about 8:30- noon or so as runners go by. So about 11:30 or so, we see this lady come flying up in a car, parking next to the porta potty- She proceeds to come up to the stage, just as we are finishing a song, and begins to scream at the lead singer lady- "You F*&*G A*$#*$#S SUCK! EVERYONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD F#$&&G HATES YOU GUYS!! NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE!! YOU NEED TO PACK YOUR S&(&&$T UP AND LEAVE!!! There's kids around, people gathered to watch the race, and the whole nine. As she walks away, she turns around and flips us off with both fingers, high and proud. She then gets in her car and peels out of there. We all look at each other, laugh, and for the rest of the gig we used her as the butt of all our banter- "Here's to our number one- or number two- fan. Or is it number one twice?" Then, at the end, we are tearing down and we hear this blaring music a few houses down- apparently she tried to drown us out. That officially elevated us to 'rock star' status.
  7. I feel bad you almost had calamity but laughed hard when I read the bit about grabbing the singer's gear as the out of control van piloted by a drunk guy fighting off the caterer. Maybe in Scotland it's a different culture, but over here, don't think too many people would have grabbed the singer's gear. Most singers would have already left by that time, as they aren't usually up for helping load out. It's funny how we as musicians think- ok, impending doom, could die, really bad day hurling my way, oh crap, grab the gear! In all seriousness, glad you were not hurt.
  8. Warning, genre rant Collin Raye takes on Bro Country Op-Ed on Fox News' site, if you all can handle that. Collin is callin' on country music powers that be to get off the Bro Country Bandwagon- following is an excerpt This strikes a chord with me. I grew up on Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Collin Raye, Tracy Lawrence, Clint Black, Junior Brown, et al. Not to mention the greats like George Strait and Reba. I used to love country music. Not anymore. I personally share a lot of those same sentiments. Country's always had the ongoing joke that playing a country song backwards means you get your wife, your truck, and your dog back. Every genre has it's stereotypes, and country music has always had an element of hard drinkin', hard lovin', and 4x4s, but this Bro Country stuff is over the top. It's stereotypical lowbrow tripe. But, it's a cash cow. People are eating this stuff up by the droves. And that's why it won't go away. Ok, rant over- for now
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