Re: [Harp-L] Reality check?

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

Ooooh brother. It looks like we were both made with the same King  
biscuit cutter.  I could touch this, but I'm afraid. Very very afraid.
smo-joe

On Nov 24, 2008, at 11:19 AM, BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I say Rock On Rob. I know  this has been tossed around here a lot  
> but I just
> gotta say it. My first paying  gig was in 1969 when I was 12 years  
> old. I got
> 20 bucks for the night. I did a  coffee house gig as a duo last  
> year and
> got................................................................... 
> ........20
> bucks for the night. Bar owners and people who book bands know  
> quite well that
>  we as musicians don't make enough to live most of the time. They take
> advantage  of the fact that we love what we do. I have had times  
> where I played for
> a  living. Put diapers on my son and ate peanut butter. I myself  
> don't play
> for  free very often now, but I don't play very often either. I'm  
> semi retired
> and my  son is a grown man so I don't have to worry about money as  
> much. I feel
> sorry  for the kids who are trying to make these days.
>
>                 Randy
>              BiscuitBoy Blues