robhaerr wrote:Ah Ha!
Willy...
Welcome to the club. You just described the band I play with. We talk about this at nearly...no wait....EVERY GIG. Especially during less-than-ideal situations of rough load-ins (no roadies), outdoors with tough weather, drunk people, requests for Brown-Eyed Girl...twice, etc...
Nuthin' better than gig day with the boys, whether it is for a small backyard party or 15,000 people on 4th of July before the fireworks.
This Thursday evening we are playing a dental office open house in a parking lot a mile from my house for probably a couple hundred people. Time commitment will be from 3:30 - 9:00pm, playing from 5:30-8:00. Fun people, the In-n-Out trailer serving great burgers, some adult beverages...and $375 each ($1500 for the band, $68.18/hour each...I'll take it). I will probably post some silly stuff on our Facebook site like I do for most gigs...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Rave ... 6682436238
...and we are all approaching or over 60 years old going on 20...really.
It will cap off a work day nicely.
Keep that feeling, Willy, it'll get you through life's shit!
Rob
Amen to that Rob.....from a 61 year-old ( as of today) teenager who still thinks he can play 2 one hour sets with the same energy as he did at 18, until the next morning that is! I wouldn't swap the feeling for anything though...love it.
John