WTF Gig Stories...

Tony M.

Tony M.

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This is the "flip side" of the nightmare thread.
Funny stuff goes here.

I was in a wedding, dinner dance, fundraiser band for 11 years.

We played a wedding reception on a catering house boat.
Large boat, dining room deck, dance floor deck, very nice.

but I digress.

The groom was this elderly gentleman named Ed
He was in his 60's. This was his third marriage.
The bride was about 23 and drop dead gorgeous.
We got the card with the wedding party names on it to
announce the groomsmen and bridesmaids as they entered.

There were 2 best men.








His son Ed from his first marriage and
his son Ed from his second marriage.
 
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Did a corporate party gig at a posh downtown hotel. It went fine. I was hauling all my gear back to the hotel's parking garage afterwards.

I was walking down the ramp past parked cars when I came across a couple doing it on the hood of a car. He saw me but didn't stop. Let's just say she couldn't see me and she didn't stop either.

I had to smile. Oh to be young again.

=K
 
At the very late end of a dive bar gig, as we were ready to pack up, a couple came in and asked us to play a couple more. They were the only two in the audience at close to 2:30 am, and they proceeded to be the show and we became the audience. I guess they needed some “mood music.” Let your imaginations run wild.
 
I was playing in Kansas City when I noticed these two fine girls pointing at me and giggling. Thought I was hot s**t and was gonna hook up with them afterwards…


That’s when our lead singer walked up behind me and pulled out the toilet seat safety cover that got stuck in the waistband of my pants.
 
sergiodeblanc said:
I was playing in Kansas City when I noticed these two fine girls pointing at me and giggling. Thought I was hot s**t and was gonna hook up with them afterwards…


That’s when our lead singer walked up behind me and pulled out the toilet seat safety cover that got stuck in the waistband of my pants.
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“Put the potato in the front!”
 
11top said:
At the very late end of a dive bar gig, as we were ready to pack up, a couple came in and asked us to play a couple more. They were the only two in the audience at close to 2:30 am, and they proceeded to be the show and we became the audience. I guess they needed some “mood music.” Let your imaginations run wild.
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Oof! I played a porn movie premiere once, and during the whole set they’d switch between scenes of the “movie” and a live feed of our performance on all the projectors in the venue.

It was a real treat trying to keep it together.
 
11top said:
At the very late end of a dive bar gig, as we were ready to pack up, a couple came in and asked us to play a couple more. They were the only two in the audience at close to 2:30 am, and they proceeded to be the show and we became the audience. I guess they needed some “mood music.” Let your imaginations run wild.
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Cloggers?
 
I don't have a "gig" WTF, but do have a concert "WTF" story.

Went to see Triumph in the early 80s at Hara Arena in Dayton. Hara was an older arena but had some great bands come through. Triumph was at their peak and it was sold out. After the opening band, we went to relieve ourselves of some Coors Lights. When I went to walk into the restroom, there was "water" standing about 1/4 deep. At first, I thought it was just a sink overflowing or something. When I turned the corner into the restroom, I saw guys literally lining the walls and peeing all over them. The urinals were full and I guess the line got long and guys got tired of waiting and just started finding a spot on the wall and peeing. The water on the floor... wasn't water.

I went to a security guard and asked if there was another restroom we could use. I had been there many times and knew there weren't... He said that he had seen that and was clearly disgusted. I said "so what do we do?" He said "follow me." He took us (me and the three guys with me) down a hallway and to a door that led outside but in a loading area. He said "just go over there in the bushes and I'll let you back in." We did. He did.

That night on the way home, I made all 3 guys take their shoes off and put them in the trunk before they got into my new car (demo) for the ride home. :)
 
Friend's gig. New Haven CT, and he's playing in a Southern Rock band. They're in the middle of a Skynyrd song (I think it was Gimme Three Steps) and a dude runs up to the front of the stage, throws up his arms, screams "MarshalF**kinTucker" and promptly passes out.
 
Aahzz said:
Friend's gig. New Haven CT, and he's playing in a Southern Rock band. They're in the middle of a Skynyrd song (I think it was Gimme Three Steps) and a dude runs up to the front of the stage, throws up his arms, screams "MarshalF**kinTucker" and promptly passes out.
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A friend of mine has been in a band for 30 years. He and his son are playing tomorrow night at a local hangout and I told him to let me know the next time they did. When he sent me the message the other day, he said "just promise you won't be like x and y." When we used to go to their gigs years ago, his younger brother was one of my best friends and he and another buddy of his would take turns yelling, "Freebird" and "Play something you know this time." LOL I can't tell you how many times I saw people in the crowd get mad at them, thinking they were harassing the band, and of course not knowing it was the leaders brother and another good friend just having fun with them.
 
DreamTheaterRules said:
I don't have a "gig" WTF, but do have a concert "WTF" story.

Went to see Triumph in the early 80s at Hara Arena in Dayton. Hara was an older arena but had some great bands come through. Triumph was at their peak and it was sold out. After the opening band, we went to relieve ourselves of some Coors Lights. When I went to walk into the restroom, there was "water" standing about 1/4 deep. At first, I thought it was just a sink overflowing or something. When I turned the corner into the restroom, I saw guys literally lining the walls and peeing all over them. The urinals were full and I guess the line got long and guys got tired of waiting and just started finding a spot on the wall and peeing. The water on the floor... wasn't water.

I went to a security guard and asked if there was another restroom we could use. I had been there many times and knew there weren't... He said that he had seen that and was clearly disgusted. I said "so what do we do?" He said "follow me." He took us (me and the three guys with me) down a hallway and to a door that led outside but in a loading area. He said "just go over there in the bushes and I'll let you back in." We did. He did.

That night on the way home, I made all 3 guys take their shoes off and put them in the trunk before they got into my new car (demo) for the ride home. :)
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Sounds like Grateful Dead at Alpine Valley '89, I stood for 45 minutes in that line...for a wall? Ick.
 
I think I’ve told this here before.

Mid 90’s we had a gig for the Netball Association. I think it was an awards ceremony.

Anyhoo, I drove to the gig. As I arrived the other guitarist and bassist came running out. They wanted to know if if brought two guitars and yes I had. The guitarist had left both his outside his house! (We we’re about 120 miles away from home).

So the gig began and we realised that the audience was all female. As the evening went on they came and danced in the stage with us because they weren’t any guys there.

End of the gig, I packed up and was loading my car. Looked over toward a loading bay, to see a loving couple getting it on! I don’t think they were bothered if they got seen or not.

What a night.
 
I'm trying to remember some of the funny and bizarre people I came across during my bass playing gigging days. I'm struggling right now but I remember one night when this "strange" guy came up to me and wanted to sit in with his bass. He was talking in all different directions but he said he had the original right handed Hofner bass. He said "Paul McCartney has the original left hand model, I have the original right hand model." (Uh, okay.) This guy did have an amazing resemblance to Charles Manson. I didn't say anything about it but he did in an angry tone of voice. Don't know why he brought it up, he just did. "People tell me I look like Charles Manson but that's not true. He looks like me!!" (Uh, okay). Really started getting on my case about not letting him sit in saying "what are you afraid of? You afraid I'm gonna blow you off the stage?"

At that point one of our guitar players who was standing nearby listening to the whole thing grabbed my arm and said "come here. I have to talk to you now" and we walked away. He didn't have to talk to me, he just wanted to get me away from this guy. He said "that guy reeks of bad news." (No s**t!) The guy left and we never saw him again.
 
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