The Guilds of Grot
Enlightened Member
So my band NIGHT SHIFT played a new, (for us) venue a week ago Saturday night. I've been back there four times since then trying to catch up with the owner to see if he'll book us for a return engagement. Apparently he's been on vacation and has decided to stay there a little longer until the temp's rise here.
The bar has just started a Blues Jam on Tuesday nights and I heard that it was going pretty well so I thought I'd stop in last night to see if the owner was back in town. I got one of the last parking spots at the place. In four years of trying to book a gig there I have never seen so many people in the joint!
When I got there the house band was still playing and the bassist was playing a nice '84 or '85 blonde maple Pilot. It sounded really nice. I looked at the sign-up book and there were like eight guitarist, four bassist, six drummers, and two harmonica players signed up. I'd say the average age of the "players" was around fifty-five to sixty.
I never realized how many "couch players" there are out there! With the bar getting this kind of crowd with free entertainment, how long will they realize that it makes no sense to pay a band $300 when they only bring in a quarter of the people! (Although we had a fairly nice crowd who ate dinner first so we're hoping that the registar total that night will get us back there!)
The bar has just started a Blues Jam on Tuesday nights and I heard that it was going pretty well so I thought I'd stop in last night to see if the owner was back in town. I got one of the last parking spots at the place. In four years of trying to book a gig there I have never seen so many people in the joint!
When I got there the house band was still playing and the bassist was playing a nice '84 or '85 blonde maple Pilot. It sounded really nice. I looked at the sign-up book and there were like eight guitarist, four bassist, six drummers, and two harmonica players signed up. I'd say the average age of the "players" was around fifty-five to sixty.
I never realized how many "couch players" there are out there! With the bar getting this kind of crowd with free entertainment, how long will they realize that it makes no sense to pay a band $300 when they only bring in a quarter of the people! (Although we had a fairly nice crowd who ate dinner first so we're hoping that the registar total that night will get us back there!)
