The gig from hell?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
Walnut Creek, California
April 29, 2018 2:21pm CST
It's Saturday afternoon. Our gig is Sunday morning at 9 AM. It's a camp out scene, and there will be everything/everyone from grey hippies to small children there.
Our band leader has forgotten to give me directions. I call our band mate who can't make it, and he gives me directions. He's been there before.
His directions are wrong. Vasco Road ends in a "T." I am lost. I go to Livermore, and the gas station attendants there speak little English and can't help me.
I reread the program and find directions, hidden in an obscure part of the pamphlet. I get to the event as the sun is setting. I take out my guitar and a jacket. I am miles from the stage area, but a shuttle is supposed to come by soon. And then I can't find my car keys...
(...to be continued? Or am I in a ditch somewhere near Livermore CA?)
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
29 Apr 18
Thats just it? Hmmmmm and what is that head doing in there? 
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
30 Apr 18
@TheHorse I do not remember my dear friend giving up. Let that Buddha help you destress. 
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Apr 18
Sounds like a good time so far, I hope you found the stage.
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Apr 18
@JamesHxstatic Can't they see I'm still moving...16 oz of Gatorade left...
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Apr 18
@TheHorse Yes, watch your back...
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
29 Apr 18
@TheHorse Look forward to seeing the continuation of the post.
@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
29 Apr 18
You should make a song about it and play it at the show if you ever get there.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
29 Apr 18
My mama told me there would be days like that.....
Seriously, I feel your pain. I've waited for an hour at the "west door". Only to find out....there was another "west door".
Seriously, I feel your pain. I've waited for an hour at the "west door". Only to find out....there was another "west door".1 person likes this
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
30 Apr 18
@TheHorse nope....no label....wouldn't that have been helpful?
@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
30 Apr 18
Oh gosh..sounds like a problem! I hope you got there in time!
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
30 Apr 18
I'm anxious to hear how this ends. So far it sounds like an experience you wouldn't want to repeat. I hope your trip improves and you get where you need to be by the time you need to be there.
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
29 Apr 18
That sounds a worse scenario than I've ever encountered!
Let's get this straight .... you are at approximately the right place in a part of America where people barely speak any English (?), you have parked your car and have lost the keys (let's hope that's temporary) but have your guitar and a jacket and some vain hope that a shuttle will turn up and ALL this is some 12 hours before you're due to play???
@Namelesss (3364)
• United States
29 Apr 18
Oh dear, seems you're in a pickle. What the heck is a grey hippie? New term on me.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
30 Apr 18
You must chose your destinations carefully or you get lost in desert. ~ some old person said that 
