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Category Archives: Venues and Gigs
Some Bands Used Old School Buses
In essence, school boards got rid of them (school buses) when it was no longer financially wise to keep repairing them.
Posted in Music Gear, Venues and Gigs
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Early Band P.A.’s
The first sytem through which I delivered a song was not a system but a Phillips tape recorder with the 1/4″ phone jack to take my Armaco crystal microphone (the one on the broomstick!). Later it was put through an Eaton Viking amplifier with my guitar. That little Viking served me well and don’t know [...]
Posted in Music Gear, Venues and Gigs
Tagged as: fender, floor standing speakers, gibson, music pa, music speaker
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New Year’s Gigs
Except for the first few New Year’s gigs I didn’t like doing them much. Oh the money was great but, like many a gig, the people on the floor were having the good time. And I wanted to join them. New Year’s gigs are hard work especially if you’ve never been to the venue before. [...]
Posted in Music Before the Money, Venues and Gigs
Tagged as: ambulances, countdown_to_the_new_year, cruise_ship, keyboard_player, lobster, new_year
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Piano Bar Primer – Part VII – You-Tube
In a previous blog I gave you a chilling account on how we used to learn songs before the advent of the tape machine. We would dump a couple of quarters in the jukebox and play the same song 6 times. Then, we would compare notes and fill in the blanks with whatever we thought [...]
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Tagged as: don_kirschner, don_quixote, five_for_fighting, gordon_lightfoot, guitar_player, les_paul, van_halen
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Piano Bar Primer VI – The First Song
Tonight, this is the greatest place in the world!” – How Jerry Lee Lewis greets his audience in almost every show. There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “There’s only one chance for a first impression.” So that’s why the first song of the night should be something with which you can set [...]
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Tagged as: deadwood, gracious_smile, jerry_lee_lewis, piano_player, rock_bands, rowdy_bunch, showbands
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