Guitar dudes thread on performing got me to thinking about some of the trainwrecks those of us that play live have likely been thru. Or maybe I'm the only one!!!!
Couple of years ago I was playing in a duo at a local coffee shop. We are 2-3 songs into a 45 minute-one hour set. I introduce our next tune, "here's an old favorite from the Eagles, Peaceful, Easy, Feeling." Well the words are barely out and a woman in the audience blurts out "I love that song" and marches up on stage to sing harmony. I sing lead, my partner does harmony and all the lead guitar riffs and fills. I sort of know the woman, she sings and plays keyboards so I figure it will be fine. Well we did the song in C and she's singing in something else. Not even sure it's in the A-G scale, might be K maybe. I'm pissed, struggling to stay on pitch. My partner, who was sharing his mic with the woman, has wisely backed away and is focused on the guitar bits. By the end I'm no longer pissed, but I'm having a hard time not laughing hysterically. This was just a disaster of a song.
At that point we were so relaxed, what could possibly be worse, we had a great time. And a great lesson. Have fun, don't sweat it.
Couple of years ago I was playing in a duo at a local coffee shop. We are 2-3 songs into a 45 minute-one hour set. I introduce our next tune, "here's an old favorite from the Eagles, Peaceful, Easy, Feeling." Well the words are barely out and a woman in the audience blurts out "I love that song" and marches up on stage to sing harmony. I sing lead, my partner does harmony and all the lead guitar riffs and fills. I sort of know the woman, she sings and plays keyboards so I figure it will be fine. Well we did the song in C and she's singing in something else. Not even sure it's in the A-G scale, might be K maybe. I'm pissed, struggling to stay on pitch. My partner, who was sharing his mic with the woman, has wisely backed away and is focused on the guitar bits. By the end I'm no longer pissed, but I'm having a hard time not laughing hysterically. This was just a disaster of a song.
At that point we were so relaxed, what could possibly be worse, we had a great time. And a great lesson. Have fun, don't sweat it.