[Dixielandjazz] Banjo Player wanted Fast Hurry !!!

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Naw it's an event planner they wouldn't have a clue how many strings a 
banjo has if any  :))

So long as it looks good and makes some noise they will be happy :))

I'd bet on it.    I don't even play Banjo but I could probably put on a 
western outfit and walk around with one and get paid for this gig :))

Well maybe :))   I once had to do it as a Keyboard player, when the 
band I had booked never showed up for a dance,  good thing I had a 
Clavinova and a disk player, saved the good paying gig and got all the 
money, did such a good job of faking it I booked three more gigs with 
the same set up.   Hardest part of the gig was moving the damned 150 lb 
claivinova and P.A.  amplifier.   Damn I'm good!  especially when I get 
paid in advance, "Never give the Money Back "  And leave them happy and 
satisfied customers every time.

I have also hauled it out and used it for trio cocktail gigs to open a 
bigger event, just hired a guitar player and another drummer and we did 
the background dinner jazz for them no sweat.    One guy was so 
impressed with my playing once he came up and said Wow Man, I knew you 
were a drummer but I didn't know you played piano, you sounded just 
like Teddy Wilson on that last song. :))

He did not see the Teddy Wilson disc, or even know I was using a disc 
player.  He was a local dentist that played a little piano on the side, 
I asked him if he would like to play a few tunes, and he begged off 
saying oh no man I could not follow your talent :))   Ha ha I still  
ROTFLOL just thinking about that night.   Not because I slicked thru 
the gig, but that I was able to save the day and make a successful 
event out of a disaster for those folks when the band never showed up.  
  Turns out the band had nasty accident in their van, and this was 
before cellphones.

Tom  Wiggins   Who quickly became a live music DJ because I had to,    
Trust me I do not make a habit of that, I would have rather hired a 
good Banjo Player for the gig if I had known one :))

-----Original Message-----
From: robert at ringwald.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo Player wanted Fast Hurry !!!

   I'll bet they want a 5-string player?

--BR



----- Original Message -----
From: <tcashwigg at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo Player wanted Fast Hurry !!!


> Hey Here's another Banjo Gig :))
>
> One of you guys up around Sacramento or Lodi  should jump on this one
> and get Big City Money for it :))
> Of course the personality and clean look might be a problem for a
> Banjoist :))
>
>
>
> Subject: Banjo Player wanted Fast Hurry
>
>
> Banjo Player needed ASAP! (oakland piedmont / montclair)
>
> email your Reply to:        gigs-282413815 at craigslist.org
>
>  Date: 2007-02-21, 1:37PM PST
>
>
>  We are producers with an event needing a banjo player for a gold
> country gig in March. Please reply with your information and mp3. 
Must
> have western attire, great personality and clean look.
>
>
> 
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