zac2944
06-15-2007, 09:47 AM
My band just took a gig as the opener for Diamond Dave! The gig is a private function at the Roxy in Boston. The client wants to have a music through the ages type of show with a 70's band, 80's band, and a 90's band. My band is sort of a disco show band, so we're doing the 70's part. Aparently David Lee Roth is headlining with the 80's part.
I didn't know he did work like this. But I guess after his radio show flopped his star got a little dimmer.
I'm pretty psyched about the gig and thought I'd share it with TB.
fhbandy
06-15-2007, 09:52 AM
Get me in there somehow.. would be fun to see :bassist:
threshar
06-15-2007, 09:54 AM
I think most any band will play if the price is right :)
I recall last year Sting played some guys private bday party, and word got out about it and fans mobbed the place.
Congrats on the gig!
Vandelay
06-15-2007, 09:55 AM
Very cool! I wonder what kind of band he'll be performing with. A few months ago, he was making the rounds of the late nite talk shows performing VH songs with a bluegrass(!) band.
zac2944
06-15-2007, 10:11 AM
Get me in there somehow.. would be fun to see :bassist:
Well, I don't have a roadie. ;)
fhbandy
06-15-2007, 10:16 AM
Well, I don't have a roadie. ;)
I would happily lug ye' amplifiers
Fretless1!
06-15-2007, 12:34 PM
Oh, yeah! That rocks!:cool:
T-MOST
06-15-2007, 12:39 PM
Lots of "not so hot now" artists do those private gigs. A drummer friend of mine did a private corporate gig with Lauren Hill last year. They still have to pay the rent.
danroche
06-15-2007, 12:39 PM
That sounds like a great, great time.
There was a private party held in DC about three years back where a very rich gentlemen hired the Rolling Stones to perform. I guess no band is ever really above the idea!
zac2944
06-15-2007, 12:51 PM
Wu Tang said it best "Cash rules everything around me, C.R.E.A.M., get the money, dolla dolla bill y'all".
I can't wait to find out who the client is for this gig. I'm guessing it's corporate, but maybe it is just a rich guy? We never actually talked to the client, only an event coordinator.
C'mon, anyone with money can book whatever band they want for a function. Remember The Ramones played C. Montgomery Burns' birthday?
Joey Ramone: "Happy birthday, old man. I hope you die!"
Burns: "Smithers, have The Rolling Stones killed."
Congrats on the gig, Zach.
milhouse
06-15-2007, 01:01 PM
C'mon, anyone with money can book whatever band they want for a function. Remember The Ramones played C. Montgomery Burns' birthday?
Joey Ramone: "Happy birthday, old man. I hope you die!"
Burns: "Smithers, have The Rolling Stones killed."
Congrats on the gig, Zach.
Great quote! :D