[Dixielandjazz] free Booze in the USA

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Last night I played at a posh winery in Illinois at a black tie event with 
several beautiful women in Las Vegas outfits mostly having their pictures 
taken with people.  The band was a full size big band and the party was 
great.  The band got some very exotic desserts on our break.  The band had 
the best players in town.

Two problems the band leader bought those little LED lights that make it 
look like a large bug landed on the stand and worse there was nothing to 
drink not even water unless you paid for it.

"Water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink --- Water , water 
everywhere and not a drop to drink"
Oh well it paid well and the cheesecake was a gas but what a bunch of 
tightwads.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 2:42 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] free Booze in the USA


> We just about always get free booze at corporate gigs, weddings, (meals
> too), private parties, country clubs, etc. And like Bob Ringwald says, 
> free
> coffee and/or soda on club gigs.
>
> Some clubs do supply free drinks to us if we don't abuse the privilege. 
> One
> of the best ways to get free drinks if in doubt, is to tip the bartender 
> up
> front when asking for a drink. About 50% of the time that results in free
> booze for the rest of the night.
>
> I think where the clubs/restaurants know you, and you don't get blind 
> drunk,
> they will treat you pretty well. At least that's true here in the Philly
> area. But like Bob says, the chains are a little different and much 
> tougher
> to get a comped drink from.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
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