Two late gigs coming up this weekend! Will you be there?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238284)
Walnut Creek, California
February 28, 2020 11:11am CST
The rock band I'm in will be doing two 9 PM - 1 AM gigs this weekend. It's at a place called the Clayton Club in Clayton CA.
We're a bunch of "old guys," and 10 PM is normally the new Midnight for me. But we've pulled these late Clayton Club gigs off before
I'll come away something like $150 richer, plus wine and tips. Wish us luck!
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@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
28 Feb 20
Wish we could be there. I'll be there in spirit. Have a great time!
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@TheHorse (238284)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Feb 20
@LindaOHio I don't really consider him to be badass. But he is a "river of song."
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@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
29 Feb 20
@TheHorse Hmmmmm. An odd badass band leader...Interesting.
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@FourWalls (86623)
• United States
28 Feb 20
If I start driving now, my GPS app says I’ll be stuck in a snow bank in St. Louis by the time you start. But I’ll be there in spirit....calling out for “Spanish Pipedream.”
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@FourWalls (86623)
• United States
29 Feb 20
@TheHorse -- "Crooked Piece of Time" is pretty rockin'. And heck, even I can play that one! 
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@TheHorse (238284)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Feb 20
Heh. I should learn that one. The best for bluegrass (not what we play) would be Please Don't Bury Me. I perform Paradise often. And Christmas in Prison. Both are waltzes (3/4 time)! With this band, I could do Great Rain, but the lead guy is a diva and doesn't want me singing too many songs.
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@TheHorse (238284)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Feb 20
@FourWalls I don't know that one. Can you link me?
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!@TheHorse (238284)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Feb 20
Thanks! The stuff I'm posted on YouTube is mostly my "folkie" stuff, plus a couple of silly Western Swing songs. I don't have any recordings of the rock 'n roll band that I'd be proud to share. I'm thinking, "If you can't be good, be loud." Actually, we're OK, but our lead singer is not a very good singer or guitar player.
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@TheHorse (238284)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Feb 20
I hope so. I wonder if you read my old posts about this band leader being the guy who "usually pays us." Once, he didn't pay us and said the money was going "to the practice room." A few times hes kept the tip money and not shared it with the rest of the band. He's a slightly strange fella.
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@TheHorse (238284)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Feb 20
@1creekgirl I will count the tips at the end of the gig tonight. I am sad that I have to do that.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
29 Feb 20
Last year several of our family went to a small club on King St in Charleston, SC to hear our son in law and his band. Mostly 90's music, but we had fun.
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@moffittjc (128833)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Feb 20
Do you ever record any of your shows and post them to YouTube?
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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29 Feb 20
I know what you mean about time change for older folks. Staying up till 1AM nowadays for me would be like pulling an all-nighter when I was college-aged kid raising heck... Enjoy your gig!
