Re: Morning phone calls - not cool!


"Jonathan Chase" <Jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:i18ali$unc$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Today was a new one, even for me. I took a few sub gigs with a local cover band, who promptly fired the singer after I accepted the gigs, and she was the only person I knew or liked from the band.
This morning I got a call at 8:23 AM, which is the middle of the night for me. It was the band leader, who I am playing with on Sunday. He asks if I can do another sub gig next Saturday; now, I know my schedule is not normal, but I think that's pretty early for anybody to call about a gig that's a week away. I told him I didn't have my calendar (on account of being asleep) and I'd get back to him later.
Then he tells me the real reason he's calling is because he needs to get me a revised set list for Sunday, to make sure I'm ready for all the songs the new singer wants to sing. Like I might freeze up on the stage if somebody calls out Pink Cadillac and I wasn't ready. Well, I tell him, fine, email them to me, and he responds "Okay I will, but it's really early and I'm not even completely awake right now, so I'm going to wait until later when I'm not so tired."
I've never had somebody wake me up just to tell me it's too early to send a set list for a gig that's 2 days away. What's the strangest gig-related call you've ever had?
-Jonathan


A local jazz fanatic, by profession a carpenter, took on a
village pub way out in the sticks and turned it into a jazz venue.
Money appeared to be no problem...I supplied the sound system
and he went for the top option gear.
He booked local bands and Big Names from London and worked
really hard at promoting the place every which way.
It didn't take off and we would turn up and play to an audience
of 6 people on average so clearly he was losing money hand over fist.
We were booked for a gig...I got a phone call from him about 6 pm.
'Sorry Clive but the gig is off'
'What's the problem?'
'Well...I'm just climbing down a ladder out of the back window
'cos the Bailiffs are breaking down the front door...I'm off.'
I managed to contact the other guys and stop them making the trip.
We never saw him again but did hear that he owed everyone from
the brewery to the tax man huge amounts.
Shame...he really tried hard...but that's jazz for ya!!

--
-C-
Anything is possible if you don't
know what you're talking about

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