[Dixielandjazz] strange giggers
Cebuisle2 at aol.com
Cebuisle2 at aol.com
Fri Aug 4 14:47:25 PDT 2006
The "strange gigs" thread focuses on those who hire the bands-but truth be
told, some of the strangest gigs involve the band members themselves. I offer
the following:
We played a club gig in Bangor, Maine on a cold night. The banjoist was a
well known addict to paragoric, that old remedy for children's teething
problems. As the evening progressed he became more and more withdrawn into a fuzzier
world. Leaving the club, he slipped on the icy parking lot and rolled under
a car. Crawling out from under it, he accused me of pushing him under there
car, and a real exchange would have taken place if not for the timely
intervention of his girl friend.
and this strange gig-
We were hired as a trio (banjo, cornet, tuba) to serenade then Senator
Edmund Muskie on his arrival at Bangor International Airport. Thinking we would be
inside the arrival lounge sipping cool drinks after a short gig, reality
appeared and we were told we had to play on the asphalt arrival area. It was
August, and blazing hot, and you could easily fry eggs on the hot tarmac. The
senator's plane was late, and to complicate matters we were told not to play
until he appeared at the door, and then only one song, "Happy Days Are Here
Again"
Not just once, but over and over and over for an hour as the senator's fan
club mobbed him.
Nearly suffered heat stroke.Tuba got so hot in the sun player could hardly
hold it. Never played another political rally
Ted
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