Welcome to the pub with a little disrespect to share.

Jay Barracato

Jay Barracato

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Went into a new pub last night as part of a new music series they have scheduled.

We understood that Mondays are probably not the most crowded night. We understood that a good part of the crowd was not interested in the music. We understood their not being able to clear the last table from the area we were supposed to set up in prior to ten minutes before show time. We understood the problems with covering the room with decent sound. We understand all those things that go with taking a pub gig.

We couldn't understand having the staff member vacuuming the dining room while the band was playing.
 
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Jay Barracato said:
We couldn't understand having the staff member vacuuming the dining room while the band was playing.
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It happens almost every time I pull out a measurement system to take measurements.

If I am in a stadium it is a leaf blower or similar-EVERY TIME.

Peter Mapp was right about the "Hoovers". If you have ever had one of his classes you will understand :)
 
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My absolute favorite is restaurants that want to have music, too. But, then seat people directly in the area they want the band to set up... right up until they want the band to start. Oh, and then complain that the band didn't start on time.

Those are the best.
 
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LiamSmith said:
My absolute favorite is restaurants that want to have music, too. But, then seat people directly in the area they want the band to set up... right up until they want the band to start. Oh, and then complain that the band didn't start on time.

Those are the best.
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Or how about the "lounge band" (remember those-Holiday Inns-Ramada etc-a good circuit) in which the "business group" sits down right in front of the PA and wants to hold a business meeting. OH they want to see and listen to the band-but want the band to turn down so they can have their "meeting".

They keep asking the bass player to turn down-and down and down-so he shuts his amp off and played (yes an ELECTRIC bass-not upright and NOT run through the PA) and they said the level of the bass guitar was fine at that point. He packed up and never came back-----------------

And then there was the New Years eve gig at the Watergate (yes THAT Watergate) and I tried to load in through the front door. But they stopped me and said I had to load in through the back-FINE-EXCEPT THERE IS NO BACK DOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They just did not want the band loading in through the same door that the customer come through-BUT IT IS THE ONLY DOOR!!!! GO figure.

YEs I have plenty more "stupid" gigs-but that is enough for now-------------
 
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I was in a small red-neck bar in Meridian MS to support a friend of mine's band. it appears they were a bit of a mismatch for the regular crowd, about a half dozen sitting at the bar. It came to a head when the band played a too slow tempo version of johnny Cash's ring of fire, actually a fun version. The bartender took it as a personal insult and turned on the jukebox in the middle of my friends set...

It was a fitting end to a gig that should have never happened. :-)

JR
 
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John Roberts said:
I was in a small red-neck bar in Meridian MS to support a friend of mine's band. it appears they were a bit of a mismatch for the regular crowd, about a half dozen sitting at the bar. It came to a head when the band played a too slow tempo version of johnny Cash's ring of fire, actually a fun version. The bartender took it as a personal insult and turned on the jukebox in the middle of my friends set...

It was a fitting end to a gig that should have never happened. :-)

JR
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In the 80's I worked for a metal band that was playing a redneck bar in WVa and the crowd kept yelling "Freebird". But they were a metal band----------

A couple of months later we went back and they said they were "prepared" for the crowd. So when the "Freebirds" started-the band actually started playing Freebird. The crowd went nuts.

UNTIL the vocals came in. They changed the words to the Brady Bunch theme. I didn't think we were going to make it out of there.
 
Ivan Beaver said:
In the 80's I worked for a metal band that was playing a redneck bar in WVa and the crowd kept yelling "Freebird". But they were a metal band----------

A couple of months later we went back and they said they were "prepared" for the crowd. So when the "Freebirds" started-the band actually started playing Freebird. The crowd went nuts.

UNTIL the vocals came in. They changed the words to the Brady Bunch theme. I didn't think we were going to make it out of there.
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Me three bunch? Was a DC band that played the Brady bunch theme in the 80's.
 
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Jay Barracato said:
Me three bunch? Was a DC band that played the Brady bunch theme in the 80's.
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Well it was the 80's and was a metal band from the DC area (where I cut my teeth in this biz). I don't remember the name of the band or any members (it has been awhile)

There may have been more than one band-maybe one copied another-NAH-NOT in the music business----------------------
 
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