Re: [Harp-L] Gig Horror Story -

[Bobby BlackHat <bobby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Man been there done that.  But it's not isolated to just dudes. I've seen my fair share of drunk chicks do the old dance, spin, weave and bellyflop too.  



On Mar 25, 2012, at 5:17 PM, "Joe Piro" <joe_piro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Beat this Bruhs  - 
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> .         9pm Friday night show time: Elderly woman approaches bandstand to
> say hello. Trips over floor monitor and hits the deck. Haven't even turned
> on our amps yet.
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> .         9:30pm: intoxicated dude #1 shown the door
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> .         10:30pm: overzealous/intoxicated dude #2 falls into the PA stand
> while dancing to "American Band" - big GFR fan evidently  - Guinness draft
> hits the floor.
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> .         10:30:05pm: PA crashes into Guinness draft
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> .         10:30:06pm: PA stand falls into guitarist's spare MusicMan 'strat
> - the pricey one
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> .         10:30:08pm: 'strat falls into guitarist's Mesa - the pricey one
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> .         10:30:15pm: I help intoxicated dude #2 up - receive friendly
> electrical reminder that beer is a fairly good conductor - true
> 
> .         11:15pm: intoxicated dude #3 gets "accidentally slammed" from
> behind - turns out, he's a pal of mine. Said pal is rag-dolled into the
> guitarist and me. Bud Lite this time. Never knew that the volume of beer
> expands when airborne. Also true
> 
> .         11:15:01pm: Dude #3's beer saturates guitarist's entire pedal
> board - too many pedals to count - the pricey ones.  My delay pedal also a
> bit gooey. At least the beer is not dark. Thankfully 9V stomp night for me.
> Guitarist is plugged in though. Sidebar: I'm midway through singing "Boom,
> Boom" - not kidding. Boom, Boom.
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> I win.
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> Can corroborate all. 
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> Now taking up Parcheesi.
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> If I'm lyin' I'm dyin'.
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> Joe P.
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