Nancy Apple is a trouper.
I've never had a cap knocked out, 'cause I don't have caps. But I have
some chips in my front teeth that exactly match the grill pattern of a
Shure SM-58. That's the best reason for using those foam rubber "pop
filters" -- it doesn't hurt when a drunken dancer slams
One time I was distracted by too many things, and called out "Okay, guys,
Tennessee Waltz. Key of A. One, two, three, four..."
Heh, we had a dobro player count off "Maiden's Prayer" in waltz time last
week.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but the Cornell Hurd "Fruit
Shack" album has band members recollecting their "worse gig ever" in
between the musical tracks. Some of them are pretty funny, although
overall the schtick gets a bit old as you relisten to the album.
And yeah, counting off
Years ago there was this guy that would bring a big ass jam box AND video
camera to our gigs. I would get a copy sooner or later, and delivering me the
tapes was this goobers way of spending time with me. Eventually he told
everyone I must be gay because I did not want to go out with him, and
Bad gig: As I was finishing up a song at an outdoor show, I grabbed my can of
soda toget a drink, and a bee had stationed himself in there. SO as I
proceeded to pour the liquid down my throat, the bee proceeded to sting my
lower lip. It swelled 5x its size, my lower lip was the size of a golf
Mitch is hallucinatingg:
Well, I get there, and as I go into the basement, there is a whole band
set
up, and who is playing lead guitar but blues great Albert Collins (friend
of
her parents).
I'm jealous.
And I thought I had some good ones. the best of which before opening for
At 08:13 PM 3/27/99 EST, you wrote:
the posterity books. An
old girlfriend called me late one Sunday night and asked if I could drive out
to see her. I was not keen on the idea (50 miles away, lived with her
parents,
who were BTW cooler than her), but she begged and pleaded and convinced me.