Re: [Harp-L] You never know who Gus is is

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

When in doubt,  whip it out................Back in the day when I was more 
gung ho about playing  with any band I came in contact with I always gave 'em 
this line when I would  pull out a D harp or whatever I had, maybe an A. "I'll 
play a couple of riffs  for ya, and if I suck tell me to go away" rip 
rip......vibrato........rip  rip.
Worked for me every time I could get the band leader to go as far as to  
listen. 
 
      When it was up to me to let somebody  play or not, I expected the same 
from whoever it was wanting to play. As for an  out right Guss, I left it up 
to the bouncer to deal with him if the guy was  drunk and belligerent  From 
what I can remember, the bouncer only threw one  guy out of any bar I played in. 
Most of the time I would let the guy  get up and make a door knob of himself 
for one song, everybody had a good laugh,  and I made a friend for life. Guss 
has feelin's too, ya know.
 
           Randy 
        BiscuitBoy Blues
 
In a message dated 2/1/2008 10:24:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
harp@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:


well, i figure if you decide to let him up, you take the  consequences,
good or bad.  if he's not any good, he gets to finish  the song, you
thank him and shuffle him off the stage, making a mental note  to be
more careful next time.  but you still want to be gracious about  it.
it's not his fault you made a bad decision (assuming he  wasn't
misrepresenting his ability).


 



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