Tomorrow night I shall be playing a pub gig for the first time in a decade.
I'm reminded why I don't like them, space is at a premium and I'm only allowed 2 guitars, my 20w practice combo and simple pedal board.
I expect to be in front of the bog door too.
Keyboard player is ocd and will craze my arse because he will be squashed. Only compensation is being extra close to the girls on vocals.
We took the gig last week when the golf club gig for the evening fell through. Sure I will enjoy it when I'm there, I'm a proper grumpy old man aren't I.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It mystifies me how anyone can concentrate on doing a good job when surrounded by their life savings in a boozer.
I used to gig with a bassist who'd have a rack of five pro-quality basses, a three grand amp and his chord charts scrolling on Macbook at his feet. My idea of a great gig was being jammed onstage with a load of drunk, sweaty girls all singing our encore with us, it was his idea of hell.
And he was shit, unsurprisingly.
That's actually one of the reasons I've very rarely used a Gibson for gigs. I always think it increases the risk of something getting knocked over (or stolen, for that matter) if you take more than the absolute bare minimum. If you keep the spare guitar in a case it's maybe not too bad.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Have a good 'un
Thanks for the thought @TTony, it's a bit far for me too but the band are centred in that far off land of Essex so I have to travel sometimes.
@p90fool I am well used to being surrounded by many of my worldy treasures since I used to own a big PA and lighting rig. Watching some twunt trying to use your outbourd rack as drinks stand despite the fact that you'd deliberatly canted it at an angle and covered it in crap to dissuade the mindless and fenced the mixer off. That still doesn't mean I'm not shit though ;-)