Back in my day....Aging p/t rock stars tell you how hard is was way back when

[Clashcityrocker]

My tuner was a tuning fork. No this is not an REO Speedwagon album title.

 

[Tucson Thump]

I took the wire off the fence and sanded it down to put on my guitar.

 

[Tony M.]

I was too young to drive so I got my gear to practice with a stolen supermarket cart.
If it was snowing I tied the amp to a sled and carried the guitar case, 7 miles each way,
uphill both ways through raging herds of stampeding tornadoes..

 

[dogrocketp]

I had to tune my own guitar, and then used the fork to eat.

 

[Birdsofprey]

We had to wait for a lightning storm to power the amps, my band was Ben Franklinstein & the Attenuators.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

We had to accept paper currency for people to listen to recordings of our music.

 

[alantig]

I had to walk to the crossroads to sell my soul.

 

[CandidPicker]

To even be considered as a guest player at open-mics, I had to set-up and break-down the PA system before/after each open-mic. True story.

 

[11top]

Tuners are overrated

 

[CandidPicker]

My relatives are in a family picture. Does this count as relative pitch?

 

[Alnus Rubra]

I had to blow my own trumpet!

 

[CandidPicker]

I had to blow my own trumpet!

My sympathies. You were also likely home-tutored.

 

[CandidPicker]

 

[Alnus Rubra]

My sympathies. You were also likely home-tutored.

I’d like to blame it on that, but......

 

[Steve's addiction]

I had to play my electric guitar by candlelight

 

[Clashcityrocker]

My first guitar cabinet was something like this.

 

[Huggy Love]

All I knew was, without roadies you never joined a band with a B3 player ...

... or let Fender Rhodes players join the band, but synth guys were OK ....

That's why we had ads like this..

... cause you had to be a manly man to haul around that old gear.

 

[Wakester]

My tuner was a tuning fork. No this is not an REO Speedwagon album title.

like this?

 

[Wakester]

I had to unload the truck for the roadies

 

[Clashcityrocker]

like this?