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Stratfreak51
Post subject: Re: You're how far away from the gig, and you forgot what??
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:01 am
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Many years ago me and some friends had an on-again, off-again sort of band. We played for a swimming pool party one summer and I forgot my strap. :cry: :cry: I was the only guitar player in the band, so, of course, nobody had an extra one. I played that entire gig sitting on a bar stool, rocking back and forth with the beat, looking like Ray Charles.

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Post subject: Re: You're how far away from the gig, and you forgot what??
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Once upon a time, I was in a rush gathering gear for a gig (grab and go) during the confusion I grabbed the wrong fender gig bag :( so an hour later at the gig I discovered my wife's pink hello kitty stratocaster in the bag instead of mine :lol: that was an odd evening.........
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Mid-1960's on a gig in the Catskill Mountains..Brown's Resort. Brought my black mohair suit, forgot a belt. Problem?????....was two months into my regular summer lifeguard gig and had lost the 25 pounds I was carrying when the suit was purchased earlier in the year.

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Hey Doc! Did you ever find that 25 lbs. you lost? :P
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fhopkins wrote:
Hey Doc! Did you ever find that 25 lbs. you lost? :P

It's sitting right here in front of me.......plus! :?

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Post subject: Re: You're how far away from the gig, and you forgot what??
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ZZDoc wrote:
fhopkins wrote:
Hey Doc! Did you ever find that 25 lbs. you lost? :P

It's sitting right here in front of me.......plus! :?

:lol: I found quite a bit myself!! :oops:
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babalooga
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If any of you guys need any of those lbs. back I'll give you some of mine :lol: .
Our lead singer/acoustic guitar forgot his guitar :roll: , had to call my wife to bring my acoustic to the gig. Man I have a great wife!
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babalooga wrote:
If any of you guys need any of those lbs. back I'll give you some of mine :lol: .

Your selfless altruism entitles you to a place of honor in these pages. :wink:

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I was once setting home watching Gun Smoke, and realised that I had (FORGOTEN THE GIG). It was 10:PM and the gig was for 8:PM That was all she wrote for Me and that Band. :shock: :lol: :lol: Sometime around 1963. :lol:
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babalooga
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Why thanks Doc, my mom always told me to try to be helpful,sit up straight, and make sure I'm wearing clean underwear in case I'm in an accident :lol: .
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babalooga wrote:
Why thanks Doc, my mom always told me to try to be helpful,sit up straight, and make sure I'm wearing clean underwear in case I'm in an accident :lol: .

My mom told me to do all those things just in case i got lucky at the close of a gig!! :oops:

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Once, we got to the gig about an hour and a half away, and the drummer had forgot to bring his cymbals. That was a "quiet" evening.
Another time the same drummer forgot to bring his snare. Good thing there was a spare drum kit, tho junky, in storage at the bar.
Playing a gig out in the middle of no where, 9 oclock at night, and the other guitar player didn't bring any 9 volt batteries for his pedals.
The same thing happened to our bass player with a bass with active electronics. No batterires, no sound.

I'll think of more later.

thought I'd seen this thread before, time does fly. haven't forgotten anything for a gig, yet, I'll post if ever I do forget.

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Solid Body Love Songs wrote:
masterhacker wrote:
Once, we got to the gig about an hour and a half away, and the drummer had forgot to bring his cymbals. That was a "quiet" evening.
Another time the same drummer forgot to bring his snare. Good thing there was a spare drum kit, tho junky, in storage at the bar.
Playing a gig out in the middle of no where, 9 oclock at night, and the other guitar player didn't bring any 9 volt batteries for his pedals.
The same thing happened to our bass player with a bass with active electronics. No batterires, no sound.

I'll think of more later.

thought I'd seen this thread before, time does fly. haven't forgotten anything for a gig, yet, I'll post if ever I do forget.


Certainly hope you remember to! :wink:

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