Best Gig Worst Gig

[cheepaxes]

Best gig: Opening for a sold-out NRBQ show at the Bayou in Wash., DC, circa 1985.

Worst gig: Private party where I was asked by the bandleader (against my better judgement) to sing an original song of mine which offended the hosts, who more or less told me I was a bad man for having written it.

[VintAxe]

cheepaxes,
I thought your brand of R&R was all about offending people. You should be proud of your accomplishment!! cheers, sb

[cheepaxes]

Nah, you've mistaken me for a punk rocker. I want everyone to like me. :)

[deenature]

Best gig for me was opening for Overkill & Savatage due to fan response. We were still fresh to live performing & it boosted our drive.
Worst gig was an opener for Wrathchild America. Their soundguy kept messing with the board until near fights broke out. The singer was rushing us to hurry our set and "Make sure to clear off the stage in ten minutes" We did finish out good but cut out sound done intentionally caused major stress.

[Phizix]

Wakarusa Festival - June 2009.

AKA a big, 4 day long, 5 stage, Hippie fest in a beautiful place in the middle of nowhere in Arkansas...

Buckethead was there... STS9, Black Crowes, Les Claypool, etc...

I've never had a "real" "artist" wristband before... not many perks but they were good enough...plenty of free beer.

It was the last show I played with a band called "David Hasselhoff on Acid" before the drummer and I quit together. We had the perfect time slot, 9pm on a Saturday night with no major bands on other stages to compete with...

I played the best show of my life to hundreds of people packed together and they were LOVING it. Nothing really can touch that feeling experience wise...we were basically opening for Sound Tribe Sector 9, just not on the main stage.

I have the audio now from the soundboard.. if I could just get my hands on the video...We had 2 cameras and I have seen NONE of the footage yet.