Interesting that this seems to be a fairly common problem around the
country. We have great gigs where people actually listen and we have
this one gig where people literally scream over us the whole set. The
last time we played it I almost went nuts but contained myself, since
I'm just the bass player. I can't figure out why people pay money to see
Kimmie, then ignore her and act like we are a copy band. The best places
for us are the ones where it is understood that the room is a listening
room for songwriters and anybody who ignores that pretty much gets
quietly stifled and shot out back, or at least ones where there is a
massive sound system that can get twice as loud as the crowd.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Barry wrote;
> > The worst mistake is supposed to be to say anything about this
> > rudeness or to try to hush it..Yoiu become an instant heavy.
>
> I'm afraid you're right Barry, but it is getting out of hand, I mean
> it's really getting bad. I was within oh, 15 feet last night of Richard
> Buckner as he played an abolutely riveting set and was surrounded on each side
> by groups of folks who could not shut up (or recognize the damn-near genius
> occurring right in front of them, YMMV on that <g>). If nothing else, why
> someone would want to be that close to a singer-songwriter as talented as
> Buckner while she's tearing his way through "22" and be laughing and carrying
> on about some irrelevant bullsh*t is just mind-blowing to me. Take it to the
> back of the room. I mean would these folks go to a book reading by a great
> author or a painting class with some leading painter and balance their
> checkbooks??? Somehow I said nothing, fearing that if I did I would just
> explode and end up getting kicked out-I was that near physically losing it.
>
> I mean it's getting bad, and I don't know what to do. Maybe just wait
> til the end of the entire show and politely ask them not to do it next time?
> Plead? Bribe them to can it? Start packing heat???
>
> I hear your pain, Neal,
> dan bentele
>
> "If you don't shut the fuck up, I'm gonna have them turn the lights on here so
> everyone can see who the asshole is." (Steve Earle to persistent heckler,
> Amsterdam, 1996)
--
Joe Gracey
President-For-Life, Jackalope Records
http://www.kimmierhodes.com
