Baldwin Funster Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Played in a Black Sabbath tribute band in the very early 90s, maybe the first tribute band to the Sab ever. One gig we had a drunk begging us ALL NIGHT to play an Aerosmith song for his birthday. He went on and on about it. I think his name was Steven something....Just kidding about that last part. Quote FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Between sets @ Berkeley's Starry Plough. Young 20-something rolls up, "You play like you have the wind in your hair." Perhaps you were inadvertently channeling this guy. Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbit Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Long ago (in the '60s) and far away (in Louisiana), I had a drunk patron come up to the bandstand, put a dollar on my Hammond tell me to play "D 6". I puzzled over that for a minute then walked over to the jukebox to see what song was in the D 6 slot. It was one we covered so I told the bandleader we had a request for that tune and we played it. The drunk came back and thanked me for playing his favorite song. Quote Wayne Tibbit Hammond, keyboards Gigs: Hammond XK-5 system, Leslie 3300, Nord Stage 2EX 88, Motif Rack eS, Traynor K4, QSC K10s. Studio: C-3, B-3, A-100, Leslies, Yamaha N3. Dallas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Played a job in a dance hall one Sat night. I was in the can and a fellow asked if I was in the band, saying we were the best thing he's ever heard. The next Sat I was playing the same club in a different band. Run into this same guy who tells me we are the best thing since sliced bread, but the guys last week sucked. Quote . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sd Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 "Your car is being towed" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the bean Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 You play to much colored people's music. You are fired. (The only gig I been fired from in 35 years). Quote Yamaha CP1 UHL X3-2 QSC K10's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 "You Exploded!" (funny thing... it was said by the drummer) Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Morman gig. "Y'all can't come in here." In "fairness" we had arrived early, set up and went through soundcheck before going outside for a few minutes. Coming back to the front door the doorman and his boys wouldn't let us back in because we were black. They didn't know that we were the band so I asked if we could just get our equipment. "Huh?" They let us in and we did the gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottom End Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 One gig we had a drunk begging us ALL NIGHT to play an Aerosmith song for his birthday. maybe you could have played a Sab song in the style of Aerosmith, or vice-versa Quote "Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.'-Hamlet Guitar solos last 30 seconds, the bass line lasts for the whole song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthecorner11 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 "You guys wanna go down to the docks and smoke some coke?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyS Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Did two smokin sets of Motown classics then had a request for some Yoko Ono. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthecorner11 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Then there was the gig at a backwoods place called the "Eagle's Roost" in waaaaaaay northern NJ near the NY state border. We were a Grateful Dead covers/original project. After the first set the owner said, "I dig your stuff, but any band that plays here damn well better play 'God Bless America'." This was several years before 9/11 and way before smartphones so none of us had a clue as to the words or chords, just the basic melody. Thankfully he let us get away with "American the Beautiful." Never played that joint again. This reminds me - in high school my, uh, jazz fusion trio (we wanted to be MMW; also I got laid all the time) got booked to play some campground. Halfway through the gig people started yelling for us to "play something patriotic." I think we went with Fables of Faubus ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Played an outdoor street event behind the state Capitol building. It was a guitar and pedal steel gig. This dude watched every move I made like a hawk. I was getting a little worried. He approached me after the set and asked 'What kind of instrument is that you are playing? It is really cool. I guess he wasn't a Country Music fan. I told him it is called a pedal steel guitar and has its roots originally in Hawaiian Music. Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 This guy comes up to me and says "man, that was a really great solo". That was crazy 'cause I can't solo for shit. Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Coming back to the front door the doorman and his boys wouldn't let us back in because we were black. Please tell me this was not recent. Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-missRichardTee Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 So I am standing there and this chick inquires.. 'Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me'?,,, so I says, naw it's a cannoli. So she counters.. leave the gun, I'll have the cannoli. ersatz Quote You don't have ideas, ideas have you We see the world, not as it is, but as we are. "One mans food is another mans poison". I defend your right to speak hate. Tolerance to a point, not agreement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWkeys Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Woman came up to me and told me she'd like to rub her vagina on my bald head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BbAltered Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 "That's so unprofessional." Said to me by the band leader as I played warm-ups (very quietly) in the hour before downbeat. (After lifting heavy cases and such to set up the "stage", I need to do 20-30 mins. of hands-on-the-keys to work out muscle stiffness.) I think BL prefers that no one appears on the "stage" until the music starts. I myself think playing badly in public is unprofessional. I didn't argue the point, even tho' I can hear every professional symphony and opera musician doing warm-ups before every one of their performances (and I have never heard anyone suggest it is not professional). I now do my warm-ups using headphones so I can pretend I do not hear any snide comments. I notice that the best soloist in our band now does warm-ups himself before our performances. I take that as a "win". Quote J.S. Bach Well Tempered Klavier The collected works of Scott Joplin Ray Charles Genius plus Soul Charlie Parker Omnibook Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life Weather Report Mr. Gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 More "head-smackingly nonsensical corporate speak" than actual crazy, but... Got a gig itinerary from an event planner with individual load-in times for specific band members/instruments, which was fine. But at the end it said, "To allow for parking, please arrive 20 minutes before your scheduled load-in time." I couldn't decide whether to respond with a Spinal Tap "Why not just make ten louder?", or an Office Space "Just tell me how many #^*%ing pieces of flair you want me to wear." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenWaB3 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 You play to much colored people's music. You are fired. (The only gig I been fired from in 35 years). I got that a few times over the years as well only they used the ultimately impolite term instead, which may be your case also & you're just trying to be diplomatic. We also played a local venue (only once) where one girl in the audience kept shouting, "Play some white American Rock & Roll". We were just as glad to not get rebooked there as they probably were to not have us back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Drunk girl came up to me after a pub gig and begged me: "Take me home and play me like you play that f***ing piano!" Which really upset me. Because I was playing my Hammond that night. Quote Yamaha: P515, CP88, Genos 1, HX1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorayM Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Drunk girl came up to me after a pub gig and begged me: "Take me home and play me like you play that f***ing piano!" Which really upset me. Because I was playing my Hammond that night. Upset? Surely that's the perfect setup for an organ pun! Quote Cephid - Progressive Electro Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobP2 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Not during a gig, but post-gig this last Saturday. Driving through Coventry town centre at 1am, very slow as there are drunk pedestrians all over the place. There's a tap on the window and a young lady says "If I give you £20 can I get in the back of your van and you drop me off at the curry place?" Quote Remember - you can make a record without an organ on it, but it won't be as good www.robpoyton.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Bloke, to me, about our singers (one guy, one girl): "They should dance together more" Me: "Well, they're singers, not dancers" Him: "Just saying..." Me: (internal facepalm) Also, following a soundcheck in which our subs are putting out plenty of bass: Him: "You should put the bass through the subwoofers" Our bass player replied: "It's fine we know what we're doing". My advice in those situations is to reply: "Wow, that's an amazing idea - why didn't we think of that? We'll do it just as soon as we can. Thank you so much" Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyNQ Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 My advice in those situations is to reply: "Wow, that's an amazing idea - why didn't we think of that? We'll do it just as soon as we can. Thank you so much" 100% agree with that strategy. Definitely pacifies the drunken "sound engineers" at bar gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Definitely pacifies the drunken "sound engineers" at bar gigs. I remember this exchange between a soundman and a drunk patron: Drunk: Hey what does this slide control on the mixing board do? Soundman: It breaks your %&*#ing fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malpaugh Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 As I was tearing down after last Friday's gig, a female patron says, "Can I have your number?". I responded, "Talk to the guitar player, he books the band." "No, I mean, are you married?" "Yes." "Do you want to have an affair?". Blushing, " No, but I'm flattered." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bif_ Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Drunk: Hey what does this slide control on the mixing board do? http://www.richci.com/images/raymondslastday.jpg Quote Kurzweil Forte, Yamaha Motif ES7, Muse Receptor 2 Pro Max, Neo Ventilator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Drunk: Hey what does this slide control on the mixing board do? http://www.richci.com/images/raymondslastday.jpg I actually have a control on my mixer labeled SUCK. It controls the volume of the CD player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWizzle Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 "Don't Alpha-Male me." Said to me by the sound guy at my Saturday night gig as I was attempting to explain (politely and calmly, I thought) the night's lineup of musicians. Keeping in mind I'm 5'7" and 145 pounds, was sitting down on a stool while he stood on the stage. Pretty stunning. Quote Nord: Piano 5 73, Electro 6D Casio: PX-5S Yamaha: P-121 Novation: MiniNova, BSII, Circuit DSI Mopho x4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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