When I watch the “idol” reality shows I can’t help but wonder how good many of these contestants are. I mean they have more talent in one hand than I did at that age. A few of them even have even showed up with their voice teachers. That’s cool. If you got one, go for it!
We stared out by playing birthday parties for friends and then dances which we thew ourselves. We thought we we hot stuff and wanted more. So then we went on the road . . .
The Beatles played in Hamburg on and off from 1960 through 1962. While they were there they had to play 7 hours a day, 7 days a week. George got deported for being under-aged and then rest got kicked out for allegedly starting a fire. However, when they all played back in Liverpool again something had changed. They were a really tight band and they had songs of their own. The long hours playing every night made them into a very good band.
The road in Canada was probably no different for us than the U.S. was for American bands except for we had fewer places to play and the intervals between gigs was measured in hundreds of miles. During this time we had something that The Beatles never did – recorded music in the vans so we could practice while driving (the driver just sang, thank you very much!) When we came back home we were getting pretty good but then we disbanded, literally, and I went back to school.
What bands back then, and a few today, understand is that a band is a lifestyle. We became buggered when we started making some money. Up until then all our money went for instruments.
Today, most people want to be famous. They do realize the sound of a good song, probably better than I did but, like sports figures, they want the cash and Entertainment Tonight too. I can’t blame them. And maybe they don’t want to know what it’s like playing in a bar and wondering if you’ll get beat up if they don’t like you!
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