First song you ever played & sang for an audience

[dreadnut]

Mine was "Alice's Restaurant" at a coffeehouse in 1971. Me and my buddy played & sang, and our other buddy had the entire monologue memorized.

We repeated the song like 14,000 times while he recited the monologue word-for-word.

 

[spoox]

I was going to go with something my first band EVERYDAY DIRT did in 1968 (which would have been the Blues Project's version of "Wake Me,Shake Me") but then I remembered at the ranch I used to go to I did Sam the Sham's "Little Red Riding Hood" in 1966 for a bunch of fruging pre-teens!

 

[Midnight Toker]

Ballad of John and Yoko

 

[fronobulax]

The "and" in played and sang leaves me out ;-)

 

[GGJaguar]

San Francisco Bay Blues

 

[crank]

No effing clue.

 

[Wilmywood]

Night Moves

 

[Opsimath]

The "and" in played and sang leaves me out ;-)

Me, too.

 

[Brad Little]

Donovan's "Try for the Sun," dorm common room, Coe College, September, 1966.

 

[walrus]

The "and" in played and sang leaves me out ;-)

Me, too! Multiple playing in a band without singing before I "sang" for the first time at an open mic.

walrus

 

[cupric]

1970s Green Grass and High Tides.

 

[GAD]

I was not allowed to sing when I was younger.

That makes it about 10 years ago: Stray Cat Strut.

 

[Opsimath]

I was not allowed to sing when I was younger.

That makes it about 10 years ago: Stray Cat Strut.

Not allowed? Why?

 

[fronobulax]

Not allowed? Why?

I predict that the answer will involve some well meaning but mis-informed adult who told him he could not sing and he both believed them and was not in a position to obtain a second opinion or help.

The world is full of people who were (incorrectly) told they could not sing and did not have the resources or inclination to question and then change the assessment.

My experience has been that anyone can sing, if they want to, but some people need more coaching, training and practice than others. It is often easier to accept the "can't sing" diagnosis than do the work to change it.

Just a prediction, not a handful of words in Gary's mouth

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I have no idea. Can't even remember my first audience.

 

[Curlington]

In a pub in Oxfordshire, England, the acoustic guitarist broke a string, had no replacement, said he could not continue, and invited anyone in the disappointed audience to come up and play a song if they wished. I played 3 chord Paradise, by John Prine, sung in an exaggerated southern accent. Brought down the house.

 

[GAD]

Not allowed? Why?

I predict that the answer will involve some well meaning but mis-informed adult who told him he could not sing and he both believed them and was not in a position to obtain a second opinion or help.

The world is full of people who were (incorrectly) told they could not sing and did not have the resources or inclination to question and then change the assessment.

My experience has been that anyone can sing, if they want to, but some people need more coaching, training and practice than others. It is often easier to accept the "can't sing" diagnosis than do the work to change it.

Just a prediction, not a handful of words in Gary's mouth

Nah - it was the guys who were singing in the band I was in who felt that I wasn’t good enough. To be fair, at the time I probably wasn’t.

 

[Stagefright]

I always thought the world was full of people who were told (incorrectly) that they could sing. Amazing how that works.

 

[guitarslinger]

I didn’t sing then. But, it was “Getting to Know You” from “The King and I” upon the departure of my much loved first grade student teacher Miss Reevis. I played it on my brand spanking new 3/4 sized 1959 Fender Musicmaster and a borrowed amp. I sing now but badly so only at home alone when my wife is shopping.

 

[fronobulax]

I always thought the world was full of people who were told (incorrectly) that they could sing. Amazing how that works.

You need to hang out with a different class of people