When your guitarist starts ending every song with "That was a little tune I wrote that (insert actual artists name here) recorded."
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Annoying things that tipsy people do at gigs...
- Thread starter donkeygrl
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Yes its difficult to get a break when guys are waiting at the edge of the stage or in my face at the bar etc. I played or several years in a houseband situation so people/regulars feel like they know you. I worked out a plan w our sound tech. He was huge and i would glance over at him and say my boyfriend is really jealous. Works every time!
While paying in clubs with no stage
monitors create a barrier btwn the dancers and the band right??
But as the night wears on there are always a few drunk people falling over them or stepping over them to dance on the "stage". Of course these people are the worst arythmic dancers in the club.
monitors create a barrier btwn the dancers and the band right??
But as the night wears on there are always a few drunk people falling over them or stepping over them to dance on the "stage". Of course these people are the worst arythmic dancers in the club.
Drunk guy was Line Dancing by himself to 90’s hip hop tune Funky Cold Medina after our gig finished at an inner city pub last night. Very weird to watch.
We had a guy at one of our shows come up and turn some knobs on our sound board because he apparently wasn't happy with the mix. Our board sits next to the guitarist most of the time and dude had to wedge his way between equipment to get to it. Turns out he "used to run sound." He totally messed up our monitors because he didn't know what the hell he was doing.
And then there was the lady who pissed her pants on the dance floor at like 7:30 PM and couldn't understand why she was being told to go home.
And then there was the lady who pissed her pants on the dance floor at like 7:30 PM and couldn't understand why she was being told to go home.
Insisting on helping with load out. No, dude, you're hardly able to keep your beer in hand. I'm not about to trust you with my amp!
Yeah for those of you wondering about wagon wheel, that's why people know it and love it. The old crow medicine show version was immensely popular amongst young bluegrass/folk fans a few years ago. Then, if you're not aware, Darius "hootie" Ruckert did a pretty much note for note copy of that version, so pop country people know it too.
Drunk people love songs they can sing along to, and Tennessee whiskey and wagon wheel are usually the songs they can think of on the spot. I'm surprised we dont get requests for take me home, country roads.
Would much rather hear Sonny Rollins play Wagon Wheel, than some drunk spit & sing it.
I had an R&B/Funk gig, the band leader/singer like the bass hot and heavy. I was having a particularly boisterous night with solo’s, rhythm section breakdowns, etc. On the break some dude approaches me and starts telling me how much he really digs my chops...I let him know that I don’t always play quite so loud but the band leader demands it, etc. After about 30 seconds of back and forth I realize the guy is talking about my facial hair.
Not so much annoying, just awkward.
Not so much annoying, just awkward.
"Freebird!"
Doesn't matter what genre you're playing. You could be up on stage with a new wave technical death jazz fusion group and someone would still shout for Freebird
Re: drunks wanting to get on stage...have an electronic breathalyzer on stage; tell them that the company that insures your gear won’t allow anyone near it without a sobriety test(you could also say it’s rented). Granted, this is convoluted, and perhaps be beyond their comprehension at that point in the evening. Plus, if the band has a drink or two up there, it doesn’t help, but maybe you can figure something out.
I'm not familiar with helpful drunks. I must be playing the wrong places.
He was a friend of the band, but not to me. I'd never met him prior to that gig.
