A GOOD NIGHTWhen we agreed to play as the house band for 2 months I did not realize that one of those Fridays was Good Friday needless to say it was not one of the busiest nights at the venue. The band was determined to put in the extra effort to make the next Friday a big night for both us and the owners of the club.
I created more fliers and invited everyone I could think of to be there on Friday. We arrived at 6:30 and started to set up. It is interesting the longer the band is together the more there is to set up. With no roadies the process is about an hour.
By 7:45 the band was ready to go. The restaurant area was doing pretty well. To keep the crowd Jerry had Dave asked if we could start early? So at 8:00 BlueShadow started the first set. The crowd was very enthusiastic and hit the dance floor. When we finished the first set. A group of partiers ask if they could take pictures with the band. Jerry said it would be O.K. (full disclosure – they were attractive young ladies). We allowed them to hold the instruments in the horn section. Todd was a little nervous about the freshly lacquered horns that he just finished the night before.
The Band was very on and great time was being had by all. During the 2nd set someone thought it would be a good idea if I went out on the dance floor while playing Land of 1000 dances. It was a riot! There were pictures taken I am waiting for them to show up on the web site.
We wrapped the 4th and last set at 12 midnight. The bar manager noticed that we were about to break the equipment down. He came over to the stage and told me that we needed to play to 12:30. (The bar gave drink tickets good until 12:30.) I told him that would not be a problem. However, the band would need five minutes. It was decided that we would play 3 more songs with extended solos.
5 minutes later we were back at it. Part way through Knock on Wood we had a dancer fully intent on disrupting the horn section. She commenced to shimmy and shake right in front of Jerry and me. When that didn’t do it she started a bump grind with my stand. I did have to stop for 2 measures to catch my music be for it hit the floor. She won.
I created more fliers and invited everyone I could think of to be there on Friday. We arrived at 6:30 and started to set up. It is interesting the longer the band is together the more there is to set up. With no roadies the process is about an hour.
By 7:45 the band was ready to go. The restaurant area was doing pretty well. To keep the crowd Jerry had Dave asked if we could start early? So at 8:00 BlueShadow started the first set. The crowd was very enthusiastic and hit the dance floor. When we finished the first set. A group of partiers ask if they could take pictures with the band. Jerry said it would be O.K. (full disclosure – they were attractive young ladies). We allowed them to hold the instruments in the horn section. Todd was a little nervous about the freshly lacquered horns that he just finished the night before.
The Band was very on and great time was being had by all. During the 2nd set someone thought it would be a good idea if I went out on the dance floor while playing Land of 1000 dances. It was a riot! There were pictures taken I am waiting for them to show up on the web site.
We wrapped the 4th and last set at 12 midnight. The bar manager noticed that we were about to break the equipment down. He came over to the stage and told me that we needed to play to 12:30. (The bar gave drink tickets good until 12:30.) I told him that would not be a problem. However, the band would need five minutes. It was decided that we would play 3 more songs with extended solos.
5 minutes later we were back at it. Part way through Knock on Wood we had a dancer fully intent on disrupting the horn section. She commenced to shimmy and shake right in front of Jerry and me. When that didn’t do it she started a bump grind with my stand. I did have to stop for 2 measures to catch my music be for it hit the floor. She won.
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