Gigging in the English Summer

[Happy Jack]

@Silvia Bluejay battles the elements while https://www.facebook.com/DamoAndTheDynamites/ play to a field full of muddy grass.

 

 

[Silvia Bluejay]

I should probably invest in one of these.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bewinner-Underwater-Waterproof-Universal-Protective-Black/dp/B07YDPGDPK/

 

PS thankfully, the DSLR survived the ordeal in this case. 💗

Edited July 8, 2024 by Silvia Bluejay

[Happy Jack]

16 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

I should probably invest in one of these.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bewinner-Underwater-Waterproof-Universal-Protective-Black/dp/B07YDPGDPK/

 

PS thankfully, the DSLR survived the ordeal in this case. 💗

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cflity-Automatic-Waterproof-Shelters-Removable/dp/B0C6XT5DW9/ref=sxin_15_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.0470ff70-bb0f-46c4-b5d0-cc44c15fecc7%3Aamzn1.sym.0470ff70-bb0f-46c4-b5d0-cc44c15fecc7&cv_ct_cx=pop%3Dup%2Btent&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.C27p78S-0fjtPxS25U7SzLMUZv5oanpxaw6E8-JFJC1CupDQVw2G3OKl3wApJKLQtn5RCAmIS_9-uqWJtmTswQ.Ci6L8H9RjBAO-SeM4VbOXKn4AzV03D38c0gRnCT3Iy4&dib_tag=se&keywords=pop%3Dup%2Btent&pd_rd_i=B0C6XT5DW9&pd_rd_r=7c8c985a-52e7-49df-bc3d-af4732a7fed1&pd_rd_w=2PfeQ&pd_rd_wg=CXQzm&pf_rd_p=0470ff70-bb0f-46c4-b5d0-cc44c15fecc7&pf_rd_r=0TB77N1VCNBC3EYH3DD1&qid=1720429906&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sr=1-2-ad3222ed-9545-4dc8-8dd8-6b2cb5278509-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9zZWFyY2hfdGhlbWF0aWM&th=1

[MacDaddy]

2 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

@Silvia Bluejay battles the elements while https://www.facebook.com/DamoAndTheDynamites/ play to a field full of muddy grass.

 

 

 

That's got to be the furthest distance between band and audience I've seen 🤣

[bornagainbass65]

Well done for getting through it. Sounding good despite the rain. I play for a big band and the unreliability of the summer weather is a real issue. We don't fit in most pubs, so a lot of gigs are on bandstands or under marquees. Neither of which are much help if it is raining sideways and there is no audience.

[Happy Jack]

38 minutes ago, bornagainbass65 said:

I play for a big band and the unreliability of the summer weather is a real issue. We don't fit in most pubs, so a lot of gigs are on bandstands or under marquees. Neither of which are much help if it is raining sideways and there is no audience.

 

We played Amersham Heritage Day last year alongside a big band, with a large gazebo for each set-up to speed up the handover. Just as we finished our first set and the big band was about to start, we got hit by a thunderstorm of Biblical proportions. Pretty much the entire crowd leaped up and tried to shelter underneath the two band gazebos, both of which - of course - were filled with delicate and expensive gear.

 

Oh how we laughed ...