So my band played our first ever bar gig this past Saturday night. We had more fun than a bunch of old guys should be allowed to have. Short version is that we're all working guys, late 30's, with families, and we all recently resumed playing music after 10+ years of being away from it. We play a mix of classic rock. blues, pop, and a few country tunes. The lineup is me on bass, one rhythm guitar, one lead guitar who plays some keys, and a drummer. The two guitarists and I share lead vocals depending on the song.
We played at Whaleys Pub in Edisto Beach SC. It's a small beach bar and restaurant that caters to a mix of locals and tourists. We worked hard on the setlists, song ordering, and transitions between songs and we were really pleased at how the crowd reacted. We had many complements between sets, lots of folks saying that they enjoyed some of the different tunes that most "beach bar" bands don't play. Overall it was the most fun that I've ever had since I started playing bass 25 years ago.
Of course, we had the obligitory bar crowd incidents too, but we just laughed them off. The drunk frat boy jumping up on stage between songs to scream in a mic, the drunk chick requesting AC/DC, another drunk chick informing us "I AM Mustang Sally", etc. I have to say that I have learned alot from cruising talkbass and gleaning info from other threads here. We discovered that we need around 8 more songs to have three full sets that will run around one hour each. We'll need to work on that to get ready for our next gig in October, but I hope we can get a booking before that, cause I don't know if we can wait that long for another fun gig like we just had.
We've got the beginnings of a website at
www.shacktownroad.com and I'd sure appreciate any feedback.
Thanks, Shannon
