has this happend to you?

[gypsyboi4ever]

My friends band plays blues like Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and so on. This club manager contacts them and asked them to come in and play a four hour Friday night gig. They show up and set up, no problem. The place starts to fill up with people very quickly before they started playing. So they were thinking great a big crowd. OK here it is. They start playing and everyone gives them that deer in headlights look. This bar turnes out to be a Techno place that has DJ's all the time and wanted to try a live band. So after the fist set, and all the customers leave. The club manager comes over to them and says he'll pay them for the whole night if they don't play anymore.

[denhou1974]

Manager's fault. Take the pay and forget about it.

[jnuts1]

we were booked in a heavy metal bar with soft core lesbian bondage porn playing on all of the tv's. we are not heavy metal.

[El Bajo]

Originally Posted by jnuts1

we were booked in a heavy metal bar with soft core lesbian bondage porn playing on all of the tv's. we are not heavy metal.

Where is this fabled place you speak of!!!

[DeluxeRed]

Originally Posted by gypsyboi4ever

...They show up and set up, no problem...

Moral of the story: do your homework. Stop by the place before you have to play there. Ask questions, put up flyers. And count power outlets while you're there.

[lousybassplayer]

sounds like a major win actually. Full nights pay, only a little time wasted, and a good lesson learned by all involved. And I too would like to visit the soft core lesbo bondage porn metal bar. Unless it was an actualy lesbian bar. They tend to cast a jaundiced eye on straight men visiting their establishments from what I am told.

[jnuts1]

CHICAGO! this is the second bar that i know of that does this porn thing.

sorry, it is the third.

[Richland123]

Back in the late 80s, I got a call from a booking agent asking if we could play a last minute gig about 2 hours from here. He was sick and his band could not play the gig. I specifically asked if we would go over at the place since we were playing mostly 80s rock and alternative tunes with some classics and oldies thrown in. He said no problem and that we would be perfect.

We drive 2 hours, set up, and I checked out what was on the jukebox. Warning: all of the songs on the jukebox were hardcore country tunes like Faron Young, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, and so on.

I told the guys I thought we were not going to go over. Of course, I asked the manager and some patrons what type of music they had there and they replied country music. I told the manager that the agent should not have sent us there and he agreed but did not hold anything against us.

We decided to play all of our tunes in the first set that had some type of country or southern flavor to them like Skynyrd, Georgia Satellites, etc. We even played some rock songs and sang them with a twang like country songs and that sure was interesting.

The patrons thought we were a good band but we were not the type of music they wanted. After two sets, the manager agreed to pay us and let us go. We and the manager felt badly about the whole situation and he said he was going to let the agent know how he felt.

[lousybassplayer]

Originally Posted by Richland123

Back in the late 80s, I got a call from a booking agent asking if we could play a last minute gig about 2 hours from here. He was sick and his band could not play the gig. I specifically asked if we would go over at the place since we were playing mostly 80s rock and alternative tunes with some classics and oldies thrown in. He said no problem and that we would be perfect.

We drive 2 hours, set up, and I checked out what was on the jukebox. Warning: all of the songs on the jukebox were hardcore country tunes like Faron Young, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, and so on.

I told the guys I thought we were not going to go over. Of course, I asked the manager and some patrons what type of music they had there and they replied country music. I told the manager that the agent should not have sent us there and he agreed but did not hold anything against us.

We decided to play all of our tunes in the first set that had some type of country or southern flavor to them like Skynyrd, Georgia Satellites, etc. We even played some rock songs and sang them with a twang like country songs and that sure was interesting.

The patrons thought we were a good band but we were not the type of music they wanted. After two sets, the manager agreed to pay us and let us go. We and the manager felt badly about the whole situation and he said he was going to let the agent know how he felt.

Rawhide and Stand by your man. Gotta know these ones.

[kcole4001]

Been there...a '50s and '60s covers band where the usual entertainment consists of BOTH types of music (y'all know where I'm going on this one)!
Played out the whole night, got paid, never went back.

[Bardley]

Originally Posted by Richland123

Back in the late 80s, I got a call from a booking agent asking if we could play a last minute gig about 2 hours from here. He was sick and his band could not play the gig. I specifically asked if we would go over at the place since we were playing mostly 80s rock and alternative tunes with some classics and oldies thrown in. He said no problem and that we would be perfect.

We drive 2 hours, set up, and I checked out what was on the jukebox. Warning: all of the songs on the jukebox were hardcore country tunes like Faron Young, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, and so on.

I told the guys I thought we were not going to go over. Of course, I asked the manager and some patrons what type of music they had there and they replied country music. I told the manager that the agent should not have sent us there and he agreed but did not hold anything against us.

We decided to play all of our tunes in the first set that had some type of country or southern flavor to them like Skynyrd, Georgia Satellites, etc. We even played some rock songs and sang them with a twang like country songs and that sure was interesting.

The patrons thought we were a good band but we were not the type of music they wanted. After two sets, the manager agreed to pay us and let us go. We and the manager felt badly about the whole situation and he said he was going to let the agent know how he felt.

This guy didn't happen to be the manager, did he?

[StyleOverShow]

Drove all night and day to get to Albuquerque from Los Angeles to make a Monday-Saturday gig (4 week engagement). Set up, grab a bite, find motel, shower, dress up and show up to the gig. Not quite the urban dance crowd that we were expecting (doh) they were quite vocal in their complaints about our choices.

Owner called me over after I called "all you Turkeys from Albuquerque - get up and dance" and threatened to let the cowboys kick the shite out of me. Club burned down 2nd weekend with all our stuff inside.

[Steveaux]

Originally Posted by gypsyboi4ever

My friends band plays blues like Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and so on. This club manager contacts them and asked them to come in and play a four hour Friday night gig. They show up and set up, no problem. The place starts to fill up with people very quickly before they started playing. So they were thinking great a big crowd. OK here it is. They start playing and everyone gives them that deer in headlights look. This bar turnes out to be a Techno place that has DJ's all the time and wanted to try a live band. So after the fist set, and all the customers leave. The club manager comes over to them and says he'll pay them for the whole night if they don't play anymore.

Grab the loot & scoot.

[zehBOOM]

Originally Posted by El Bajo

Where is this fabled place you speak of!!!

yeah yeah yeah yeah.. i wanna know too.. i love metal bars

[Stumbo]

Originally Posted by StyleOverShow

Club burned down 2nd weekend with all our stuff inside.

Did you get paid? Insurance $$?

Belated condolences.

[need4mospd]

Originally Posted by lousybassplayer

They tend to cast a jaundiced eye on straight men visiting their establishments from what I am told.

I used to play in a (mostly) lesbian band...well, I guess you could say I'm a lesbian too...but that's another story. I've played in a few clubs and never got a weird look. Unfortunately, it's probably because they thought I was "batting for the other team".

[StyleOverShow]

Originally Posted by Stumbo

Did you get paid? Insurance $$?

Belated condolences.

Eventually. The musician's union was involved, took almost a year to get paid. Band was long gone by then.

-richard

[thudstaff23]

Originally Posted by El Bajo

Where is this fabled place you speak of!!!

This.