| A few years ago I was a hired gun for an outdoor show in Elon Park in Orlando. I was hired to play bass for two different singer/songwriters that needed back-up bands. So the first guy's set is around 3pm or so, in June. So it's around 105 F that day, and about 115 on stage. We get through like 3 songs really well. We're a trio for this set, and all three of us were downing bottles of water between songs. During the fourth song, which started with a little intro to get the groove going, the guitarist and I hear a hiccup in the beat and look at each other, but thought nothing of it. Then we see these very odd expressions from the audience and people pointing up on stage. We turn around and the very large black canvas curtain backdrop had fallen on top of our drummer. (After looking back at the video, he was drumming under that thing for about 45-50 seconds before we turned around.) The drummer keeps playing, so, I do the same. The guitar player and about 7 crew members are scrambling to get this huge curtain off our guy, plus put the cymbals back up with the mics etc, etc. Me and the drummer kept the groove going for about 3 minutes or so, me dying in the sun, him dying under this curtain. The last mic stand is put back up, my guitarist comes back to the mic, counts it off and we go straight into the first verse as if nothing happened. We got some serious kudos from the promoter and the other bands on the bill from one. That was one seriously brutal show. I was on stage for another 2 hours in that heat.
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Peavey Cirrus 5 (MIA), G&L L2500 (MIA), 1978 USA Fender Precision, Ampeg, GK
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