What do say when people ask about your band?

[interp]

I tell them this is absolutely the best band I’ve played with tonight.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

"Our quality guarantee: The more you drink, the better we sound!"

Old story, still true!

 

[dbsfgyd1]

My menu of responses:

To my friends: “It’s a stinky little bar band.”

2. To strangers: “We’re big in Hartford.”

3. To people at a club who want to know if tonight’s band is any good: “We suck, but here we are anyway. It’s a mystery to me, too.”

I don’t have a stock response, but I will describe the type of material we play, and will mention we can play a bit, even though we don’t look like it...lol

 

[Standalone]

“It’s really great to be playing great originals with a great bunch of guys. It’s sort of in the jam band genre, [mention Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead if the other party doesn’t know what Jam genre is] but we rock pretty hard.”

I might go on a little about the BL and his guitar, promotion, and lyric skills.

 

[40Hz]

We’re a rock band.

 

[Spidey2112]

We were at a Martin Barre (Jethro Tull's long time guitarist) 50th anniversary concert, when our drummer took it upon himself to 'work the room', promoting our upcoming debut...

... I'm thinking he performed the ole scrap off, as one of the patrons he was just talking to made her way to our table (drunk, as a skunk), and it went a little something like this...

[Drunk patron]: I hear youse guys play.......................... Heathrow........ Mall......

[Me]: Well, nothing that big, quite yet. But someday, maybe.

[Drunk patron]: Youse guys... know..................... you.... are.... NOT........ Geetar... Saul.... did youse wanna.... dance?

[Me]: Maybe tomorrow.

[Me, whispering to bandmates, at table]: I swear, I'm going to kick him in the nuckage, when he gets back.

 

[bolophonic]

“We’re really good, if you’re into that sort of thing.”

 

[Wanker_Joe]

"You wouldn't like us".

 

[two fingers]

It really all depends on who I'm talking to, I guess. I don't have a canned response.

 

[bassliner50]

We are old. Catch us before it's too late.

 

[RustyAxe]

A couple of years ago our acoustic classic country trio (think 60's thru 80's) was playing a restaurant lounge nearby. During a break I headed out to the patio for a smoke and a beer. I laid my Stetson on the chair next to me, and kicked back. A pair of skinny wool-capped hipsters were at the next table, and one commented to the other on the recorded music on the patio, "man, that's almost as bad as what's inside!". Both laughed. Until I lifted my 6'2" 220 lb frame from the chair, donned my Stetson, and approached their table. Both looked like deer in the headlights. I smiled and said, "maybe so, but those 75 people inside seem to like it fine". They fell over themselves explaining what they meant ... I just smiled and went back to work.

 

[pcake]

I say "which one?"

for years, i was in three bands, so that was always my response, too

 

[PimasterPearson]

I say our frontman was raised on Van Morrison and Marvin Gaye and more recently got into Amos Lee and David Gray, and then we try to channel all those influences into original songs played by a drums/bass/acoustic-guitar trio.

 

[RichardW]

I always say: "We're above average."

 

[And I]

Good time party music

 

[redwingxix]

Business card says "High Energy Classic and Original Jams"

If talking to clients (I do have long hair so it often comes up) I just downplay it and say yes, I play bass in a bar band. No venues you've ever heard of.

 

[selfwareluggage]

"We're all about vibes, man."

 

[tedious1]

I always ask if they've actually seen us. If they have, I apologize, if they haven't, I give them fair warning.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

"No, we're still together."


Then you guys must know "Brass Bonanza."

Yes, but I’m a Bruins fan.

 

[herndonbassist]

"We take requests, but usually keep playing anyway."