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I was a part of a sports team. I'm the kid on the far right. Me and the guy next to me had already formed a band. 😀 Blue

You never really know what's going to happen depending on the circumstances. You usually find out a couple of bars into your first number. Blue

Keeping my fingers crossed that no issues arise. Blue

Cool pics and huge sound.👍 Blue

I dropped mine face down on asphalt in a parking lot. Couple of dings but know other issues. I gig mine allot. Blue

Nice pic and very cool vintage P reissue Is it Fender MIJ ? Blue

Very cool story. Something I hope everyone gets to experience. We get the same treatment when we play Summerfest in Milwaukee WI, world's largest music festival. Cool pics. Blue

Very unfortunate you guys didn't get to play the gig. I would think this could happen to any of us in bands where members have full time jobs. Any big opportunity for a band could be tough unless your in a professional band and that band is the only source of income for the members. Blue

" Fun on and off stage " I wish we had some of the off stage fun. Outside of being onstage we don't see much of each other. Blue

Sounds like a great environment to enter into the world of playing bass guitars. We also had the support of our parents in the community I grew up in. I think they knew it kept us out of trouble. Blue

Gigging in a band is one of the few places where you can actually get the same charge out of it as you did in 1966. Blue

Fantastic and I hope everyone knows high profile gigs don't come easy. I've never been flown anywhere and doubt I ever will. The powers that be in my band are 30 years younger than me . They make the decisions and do all the booking. Unfortunately I don't think their sights are set that high. Blue

The gigging experience is different for all of us. I love gigging but I would never perform for free. I do benefits and charities from time to time however those are also paid gigs. It's really a matter of principle for me. I've seen too many young musicians being taken advantage of. Blue

I started gigging in 1966 at the age of 12. Getting paid and consistent gigging didn't start for me until I was 57, I'm 69. Blue

I think the reference and experience to gigging might vary from generation to generation as well as how old you were when you started gigging. Some of you might have started gigging as adults and some of us started when we were children. Thoughts and opinions? Blue

Thanks for sharing your story. I love it.👍 Blue

I play some brilliant gigs and I play disasters as well. Blue

We only play a handful of the small pub/bar gigs. It's a hit or miss proposition. These small gigs can be great and they can also be disasters. I've played small bar gigs that were much more satisfying than some big stage festival gigs. I say to all of you that are new to gigging, don't be discouraged by a few bad gigs. You'll forget about them once you have a couple of " winners" under your belt. Blue

I love this story. We get to experience a feeling that only performers get. For me, when the band really nails a performance down and you get a thunderous applause. When that happens I get caught off guard. I feel embarrassed for some reason standing and looking down at my shoes. Blue

Allot of guys have been through the same scenario including me. Getting up and running with gigs is extremely difficult for start ups. For the guys that get into this because you want consistent gigging, even with existing bands can be tough. If you don't know the band your interested in ask how long the current band line up has been in place and how often have they gigged each month for the past 6 months. Blue

Cool story and thanks for posting the pics, I'm jealous. Even without traditional pay you were treated like " Rock Stars" . I've experienced many cool gigs but not this cool.👍 Blue

Some Interesting points come to mind regarding gigging. We all like different aspects of gigging. You miss gigging on the regular. For some of us gigging on the regular might mean anything from 3 gig weekends to once a month gigging. Blue

Good looking band. Blue

Nice crowd! Blue

For me one great gig compensates for 5 bad ones. And everybody is looking for different things out of gigs. I say unless your playing with the right people you probably will have poor gigging experiences ( I've been there). One thing I'll say about my band. Without fail at every gig as soon as we're on stage it's all about fun and nothing but fun. The pic is from a 2 summers back. We did 60 minutes, then a local Zeplin tribute band did an hour and the headliner was Peter Frampton. The stage sound was kind of weird but we dealt with it. We struggle with big stage festival gigs. Regardless we still have a blast. Blue