Re: [Harp-L] weirdest gig

["PT Gazell" <ptgazell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have not been following this thread, but felt compelled to relate this 
story.

   I was working for Mel McDaniel and we were booked in East Nowhere Ok. We 
arrive for the gig (having been told that there would not be anyone 
available for sound check to run the board) and discover that it's a large 
tin building out in back of the owners double wide. He comes out in his bib 
overhauls and tells us to go on in he'll be there shortly. We open the side 
door and walk into what can only be described as a horror film movie set. 
There are age old cow webs attached to everything along with half empty beer 
glasses and dirty ashtrays. The owner shows up and we ask how many people 
he's expecting tonight to which he replies..."Dunno, called a few folks" 
Just as an aside Mel currently had the #1 single on the country charts 
"Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" OK, so we set up and it's Showtime...now 
there's three people in the joint...the owner, his wife, and her 
cousin...COMBINED WEIGHT OF ALL THREE...I'd say 950 lbs. We kick off the 
show and tear into something blazing to open the gig. We finish the number 
and we can hear the echo of the last notes reverberating off the surrounding 
country side as the owner has left the doors open. As that dies down the 
soothing sounds of crickets and bullfrogs take over!!! We kick off the next 
number... a ballad...very slow and emotional...half way through the song a 
GOAT wanders in the side door next to the stage and proceeds to stand and 
stare, as only goats can, directly in front of the stage at the band. As if 
on cue..as the song ends the GOAT deposits it's most recent meal right in 
front of the stage and goes back outside.
   The rest of the night was uneventful as well as un-attended   WHAT, QUIT 
AND GET OUT OF SHOW BIZ?

PT Gazell
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mojo Red" <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] weirdest gig


> My weirdest gig? Hah! I got nuthin' on Chris.
> That's gotta be the wierdest gig I ever heard tell.
>
>
> Fire-boy wins, hands down!
>
> ... Well, there ~was~ the time this summer when my
> band played a daytime, outdoor private birthday
> party for an aging biker gang... It got pretty
> weird.
>
> We were asked to improvise bump-and-grind stripper
> music for the young, well-endowed silicone bimbo
> gal who did her own bump-and-grind thing on Grampa
> Biker's birthdayboy lap... wiggling her
> frosting-decorated "charms", encouraging the
> grinning white-bearded birthday biker to er, enjoy
> the frosting right in front of all his biker
> buddies, their wives and, yup, and their kids...
>
> Yeah, that was pretty dang weird alrighty... But I
> still think Fire-boy still gets the prize.
>
> Harpin' in Colorado,
> --Ken M.
>
>
> --- Chris Michalek <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > What's your weirdest gig?
>
>
>
>
>
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