Thanks a lot Eric Clapton!

[vernhillbass]

So last night we started our second set at a Bikers Helping Bikers rally with 'I'm Your Captain', a great bass song. Out in the distance I see lightning...not good. We go on and start "Let it Rain' (by Clapton) and just as we finish it lightning strikes close and we announce we are packing it up. 2 minutes later there is thunder, lightning and sideways rain with 60 mile an hour winds. We safely made it out OK but what a scary experience. We ended up inside the Harley dealership soaking wet after we got our gear safe. There was a 2" river of water flowing out in the parking lot. Good thing we got paid were safe and now our drummer might head my warning about incoming storms and not give me the "maybe it will go around us" crap. I am the new official weatherman for our band.

 

[JimmyM]

It happens. Occupational hazard.

 

[ggunn]

So last night we started our second set at a Bikers Helping Bikers rally with 'I'm Your Captain', a great bass song. Out in the distance I see lightning...not good. We go on and start "Let it Rain' (by Clapton) and just as we finish it lightning strikes close and we announce we are packing it up. 2 minutes later there is thunder, lightning and sideways rain with 60 mile an hour winds. We safely made it out OK but what a scary experience. We ended up inside the Harley dealership soaking wet after we got our gear safe. There was a 2" river of water flowing out in the parking lot. Good thing we got paid were safe and now our drummer might head my warning about incoming storms and not give me the "maybe it will go around us" crap. I am the new official weatherman for our band.

A few years ago my band had a campsite gig at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Right as we finished playing our original song "Bring On The Rain" it started to rain, so we hustled our gear into a van. It rained 6 inches in a couple of hours and all the tents were ankle deep in rushing water. We are careful where we play that song now.

 

[Feral Feline]

Take Heed, Take Cover.

Never play that song unless you're indoors and even then be wary if it's a gig inside the Boeing manufacturing hanger. I hear they get clouds in there...

 

[walterw]

one thing that nudged me to getting my first smartphone a few years back was the weather app that a stage manager at an outdoor gig had on his, so we could all see in real time radar just where the clouds were that dumped on us just after we got all our gear safely packed away!

 

[vernhillbass]

one thing that nudged me to getting my first smartphone a few years back was the weather app that a stage manager at an outdoor gig had on his, so we could all see in real time radar just where the clouds were that dumped on us just after we got all our gear safely packed away!

I had the app on my iPhone and kept telling them (and showing them). I will not do this again. If it's a passing shower I'm cool with letting it pass. Next time I am graciously bowing out and getting out of dodge. We had a brief meeting afterward and I expressed our safety was much more important than music. Red and Yellow mean we are done (and lighting!).