Comedy of Errors: a gig thread

[Goatrope]

I'm glad I'm not the only one here to earn a place in the Friday The 13th Gig club.

I've done the "forgot to pack my basses" error once over many decades, too.

This recent 13th gig, I had an enthusiastic (drunk?) Led Zep fan fall on his back right in front of me. Knocked the power cable out of my pedalboard with his head. Oww. He was OK, and only a momentary disruption, but oh man.

 

[Why Nautilus‽]

I'm glad I'm not the only one here to earn a place in the Friday The 13th Gig club.

I've done the "forgot to pack my basses" error once over many decades, too.

This recent 13th gig, I had an enthusiastic (drunk?) Led Zep fan fall on his back right in front of me. Knocked the power cable out of my pedalboard with his head. Oww. He was OK, and only a momentary disruption, but oh man.

I’ve had a few enthusiastic fan experiences as well. But fortunately not that. Ouch!

Ours was a guy wanting to just keep fist bumping the singer.

 

[notabene]

Forgive me for going a bit off track but...Many years ago (speak memory) I was playing Tenor sax with the Jefferson Starship on tour in Germany. We were on site at a gorgeous uncovered stone amptheater, near Stuttgard, overlooking the Rhine river several hundreds of feet below. There was a constant very light drizzle and the place was full. We got a call that Grace Slick (a wonderful person) wasn't going to leave the hotel ten miles away because of a spat (too tame a word) with her other half, the guitarist Paul Kantner. I( know this is ancient history) So we, the band snuck under blankets in Mercedes and were glad to escape alive. Next day we came back to find the pissed off(righteously) audience had thrown a beautiful (no exageration) Steinway full grand over the cliff, along with most of the equiptment too big to be "claimed" by the audience. Including bassist Pete Sears' gorgeous Alembic electric bass. If memory serves, I believe, 30 years (or so, I'm guessing,) later,he recovered it, for a price, from Germany. So it goes! Not to stray from the topic, I don't know what happened to the cords.

 

[tom-g]

Forgive me for going a bit off track but...Many years ago (speak memory) I was playing Tenor sax with the Jefferson Starship on tour in Germany. We were on site at a gorgeous uncovered stone amptheater, near Stuttgard, overlooking the Rhine river several hundreds of feet below. There was a constant very light drizzle and the place was full. We got a call that Grace Slick (a wonderful person) wasn't going to leave the hotel ten miles away because of a spat (too tame a word) with her other half, the guitarist Paul Kantner. I( know this is ancient history) So we, the band snuck under blankets in Mercedes and were glad to escape alive. Next day we came back to find the pissed off(righteously) audience had thrown a beautiful (no exageration) Steinway full grand over the cliff, along with most of the equiptment too big to be "claimed" by the audience. Including bassist Pete Sears' gorgeous Alembic electric bass. If memory serves, I believe, 30 years (or so, I'm guessing,) later,he recovered it, for a price, from Germany. So it goes! Not to stray from the topic, I don't know what happened to the cords.

I remember that event. It was here

Freilichtbühne Loreley - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That happened 1978. I attended concerts the previous and following year. I was sure glad I did not go 1978 when I heard what went down.

 

[notabene]

I remember that event. It was here

Freilichtbühne Loreley - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That happened 1978. I attended concerts the previous and following year. I was sure glad I did not go 1978 when I heard what went down.

Thanks. The legend of the Lorelei gave a clear warning of things to come!