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Shorts...
- Thread starter Ekulati
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At some point, soon, it will be 110-115 F degrees here for days on end.
You're lucky if I wear shorts.
You're lucky if I wear shorts.
I live at the beach. People would look at me funny if I wasn't wearing shorts this time of year.
Tomorrow is Canada Day. Every single dad band in Canada has a gig simultainiously. Tens of thousands of pairs of shorts, usually mated to brand new white sneakers, and a fanny pack will be hitting the stage. Music stores are open until midnight tonite just to sell music stands, and mic stand drink holders. Some time around noon local time, after the mayor says a few words they will all launch into Mustang Sally. More capos are used Canada Day than the rest of the year combined. After the gig, they will pack all thier thick binders into re-usable shopping bags, and head to the lead singers back yard for BBQ.
I'm 50 and I wore shorts when we played on Saturday.
I was barefoot, too.
No one cared.
I was barefoot, too.
No one cared.
Wow, seems jaded.
Aren't you the one booking sound gigs when your bandmates wonder why they aren't playing the gig?
Not trying to start something but everyone makes their own band rules and has fun in their own way right? No use trying to belittle others for pursuing music however they want.
It was a joke, lighten up a bit man.
Ok, deleted, constant thread on here, didn't quite come off as a joke as I read it.
If I misread it, wasn't trying to be any more disrespectful than what I thought I read, if that makes sense.
My guitar player wore shorts and white tennis shoes to rehearsal yesterday, thus breaking rules 1 & 2 of the Rock & Roll etiquette handbook. Then he announced his back was sore and chose to play while seated for the last half of rehearsal, thus breaking rule #3. He was unaware that he had a 6" gash in the crotch of his shorts, thus violating several additional rules and throwing the viability of the band into question.
I was briefly (no pun intended) in a band a few years back...the guitar player was a heavy-set dude who had to play sitting down due to knee problems. Before our first gig, I told him half-jokingly "just don't wear shorts, dude." The band was as disaster, and I quit after that one shambolic gig. Despite my departure, they soldiered on. At their next gig, the dude not only wore shorts,...he wore what could only be described as runner's shorts. The chair he brought was actually the drum stool from his kid's RockBand game. Needless to say, it required him to sit more or less like a baseball catcher. According to the drummer's wife who was there, people were shifting their lawn chairs to get out of the direct line of sight. About a half hour into the gig, that poor little stool gave up the ghost and our guitar hero ended up in a heap on the ground..complete with full frontal wedgie.
Yeah, I'll stick to jeans...even if it's a 90° day.
I was briefly (no pun intended) in a band a few years back...the guitar player was a heavy-set dude who had to play sitting down due to knee problems. Before our first gig, I told him half-jokingly "just don't wear shorts, dude." The band was as disaster, and I quit after that one shambolic gig. Despite my departure, they soldiered on. At their next gig, the dude not only wore shorts,...he wore what could only be described as runner's shorts. The chair he brought was actually the drum stool from his kid's RockBand game. Needless to say, it required him to sit more or less like a baseball catcher. According to the drummer's wife who was there, people were shifting their lawn chairs to get out of the direct line of sight. About a half hour into the gig, that poor little stool gave up the ghost and our guitar hero ended up in a heap on the ground..complete with full frontal wedgie.
Yeah, I'll stick to jeans...even if it's a 90° day.
+1
I don't know why this is such a hard concept for some people. Do these people dictate working conditions at their day job? People try to frame this as a choice between either hot, heavy denim pants or shorts. Their are many light weight fabrics that you can wear that are cool and look professional.
