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What's that SG leaning against? Blue

No gigs this weekend. We had the Thursday night show at the Washington County Fair. If I had a choice I'd pick our 1.5 hour special event shows. It's less work and more money. Theater gigs are hard to come by. Most of these historical theaters are from the 1920s and there's not many around. Just so happens we have The Bend Theatre right in my home town, West Bend. We probably play there twice a year. Daryl

Hi Dave, I can almost say we no longer play bar/oub gigs. There are so many fair and festival gig opportunities in the summer we can afford to pass on bar gigs. We get a theatre gig once in a blue moon. On 9/ 16 we're playing The AL Ringling Theatre in Baraboo WI. Daryl

Nicecto see a regular gig. I was starting to think all you guys were playing upscale theatre gigs and arenas. Blue

Nice! I can't believe the high level gigs some of you guys are playing. Blue

We had nobody dancing. Sound on stage was awful and I know Jenny and Rory couldn't hear any bass. Blue

Agreed, the high point of the night was being approached by a lady who had seen me in the video shoot I did with Terry Sweet. The " Days Of Dyanna" video . She was very nice. My response; " I can see that it's hard for you to believe your actually standing here talking to me" 😆 Blue

Thanks Dave, We'll get the next one. Yeah, after the first set Jenny looked at me and said " nothing is working for me ". Next week we have the Wisconsin State Fair. Daryl

Not good, the whole thing really bad. Nothing clicked . I've nothing more to say. Blue

All good, fun show. Blue

Looks like a " big time " gig.👍

Hi Pete, Yeah, I'm getting old. Yesterday I went to pay the young lady at the gas station at the check out. She said "good morning Sir, I hope your having a great day". I said, " I am, but you don't have to call me Sir, I missed the Civil War by a few years. Lol Daryl

I love that red Gibson Fire Bird ! Blue

"Hi Gang Maple Road will be performing this week on Thursday 7/27 @ The Washington County Fair. We'll have Tim Sardina on drums. We'll be on the Do Drop In Stage. We start at 5:00." I'll let everyone know how it goes. Access to the stage might be tricky. I hope we draw a cool engaged crowd Blue

I have to admit I don't miss working from 9-5 and going to play a gig straight from work. It's hard to believe I've been retired for 10 years. Blue

I'm old, if I was born 10 years earlier I'd have been playing with Benny Goodman. Lol Blue

I had a chance to be 20 again. But the stipulation was, when you go back you can't take what you know now with you. You'll be just as dumb as you were the first time . I turned down the offer. Lol 😆 Blue

I've made some bad band decisions over the years. But I made one excellent decisions 12 years ago. Blue

Two of my high school buddies bought one way tickets to London in 1973. One ended up in Brand X ( he's been with Billy Joel for the past 20 years ) that fusion band and the other with Bob Marley. Al is still leading The Original Wailers around the world. Currently touring with Joss Stone and Jethro Tull. Chuck is still with Billy Joel Blue

I learned to see the " red flags " with musicians very quickly. Working with good people over good musicians is the right way to go. If you can get both it's rare. Blue

Agreed again, if I was in a band that played progressive r&b and funk there wouldn't be many gigs. Not in this neck of the woods. Blue

I could never get the hang of singing and playing bass. It's held me back as well . I can get out a few background vocals but that's about it. Blue Blue

No regrets here either. At 70, I'm thankful I can get up, put my gear together and drive to a gig. My point is ,at my age good health beats out everything. It can be taken away from us in the blink of an eye. Blue

I wish I was more a part of the gig decision making process. I don't know why they take certain gigs and reject others. I'm a sideman, I guess it's none of my business. Blue

Me too, I would go the di route, no amp with the Kemper floor model. But I'm not sure how it would work for bass. Our guitarist uses a Kemper with no amp. He shows up at gigs with a back pack a guitar and a stand Blue