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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | The challenge for most of us is giving a show while trying to remember how the song goes. A little study with the local theatre or improv group can go a long ways toward increased audience enjoyment of your show.
Not everyone loves standing in front of the stage staring at the lead players hands, like us...  |
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Location: NJ | Our old 4-pc. band had a monthly gig playing at local a go-go bar (yes, while the girls were dancing). LOVED that gig . . .
In between tunes, this guy comes lumbering up to the bandstand to make a "request".
This guy HAD to be close to seven feet tall, three-fiddy, shaved head, beard, pierced everywhere visible, wearing a black t-shirt with white lettering: "I F@ck On The First Date".
He walks up and I say "Whadda y'wanna hear??"
He says "Do you guys know "Build Me Up, Buttercup"??
I almost pissed myself . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | ..Buttercup...not an easy song to play.
The neighborhood crowd asked for some "Buffet & Seger". Buffet will be easy. I played a few bars of Beautiful Loser and realized that ol' Bob has set some pretty high vocal expectations. It's just not in my wheelhouse and perhaps best left alone. That is... unless Brian wants to take a shot at it. |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | Originally posted by Cliff:
In between tunes, this guy comes lumbering up to the bandstand to make a "request".
This guy HAD to be close to seven feet tall, three-fiddy, shaved head, beard, pierced everywhere visible, wearing a black t-shirt with white lettering: "I F@ck On The First Date".
He walks up and I say "Whadda y'wanna hear??"
He says "Do you guys know "Build Me Up, Buttercup"??
I almost pissed myself . . .
Sounds like the same guy who wanted "Rocky Top." And I almost pissed myself, too, Cliff -- when he pulled the gun on us!
Originally posted by Slipkid:
The neighborhood crowd asked for some "Buffet & Seger". Buffet will be easy. I played a few bars of Beautiful Loser and realized that ol' Bob has set some pretty high vocal expectations.
And he capos just about everything on the first fret, which makes it even higher. Works if you tune the guitar to Eb. Makes it easier. Once I played a private party where I was getting great crowd response. Then I played Seger's "Like A Rock," a song I really like even though it's been played to death as the Chevy truck jingle. Stony silence when I got finished. I was puzzled; I thought I'd done a great job, especially with the "Ah, Like A Rock!" howling at the end-- and they'd been wild about everything else earlier. I asked, "Gee, was it THAT bad?" One of the guys answered, "We all work for the Ford Motor Company!"
Despite that, we all became fast friends, and I play for them all the time now (when I play "American Pie," we "drove a FORDto the levy, but the levy was dry!" |
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A Milestone for an Acoustic Duo
