You guys ever have one of those gigs?

[Baba]

Got this private, last minute, like, 4 days ago. It was almost 4 hours away. The entire event was from 6pm-9pm, last night.

We were supposed to play from 6-6:45, and then close the event by playing from 8-9, with a Q&A presentation in between.

Well, 6:45 came, the Q&A started, and never stopped, until 9

So, I drove almost 8 hours round trip, played (1) 45 minute set, and made a few hundy, lol.

I was like, the most expensive Uber driver last night, and got to play a little guitar.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Some of these oddball "event" gigs may not be the most fun but they are always nice when you don't end up having to play that one song that has you dying inside after all

 

[Frodebro]

Years ago I did a bunch of shows with a Contemporary Christian singer over a couple of summers, and we traveled a bit. Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. There was one weekend where we drove from Seattle to Eugene, Oregon. Did one performance that evening, and had one more the following afternoon before loading up and heading back home. Our lodging for that night was in the homes of some of the church members-people I had never met in my life. Didn’t sleep much that weekend.

 

[PBGas]

2 years ago almost to the day....we had a corporate gig at one of the downtown hotels in T.O.
We were supposed to start at 8pm and finish at 11:30. They went through 100 speeches and we got the green light to start at 10:45pm.
Made 3K and played for 45 mins.

Was glorious!

 

[TSJMajesty]

That sucks!!

Yeah, sorta. I had this brand-spanking-new, PRS 10 Top, Burgundy Tiger Eye Single Cut on loan from the factory for a month, and it was hands-down the easiest-playing, most beautiful, amazing-sounding guitar I'd ever laid hands on, so I was really stoked for our gig. Had invited lots of friends, but they made us stop 3 songs in, due to it being too loud for the still-remaining dinner customers in the restaurant downstairs.

I was crushed, and the full payment we got didn't make up for it at all! Some people I'd invited showed up a bit late, including my younger brother, whom I was excited about him coming, so they didn't hear even a single song.

 

[la szum]

2 years ago almost to the day....we had a corporate gig at one of the downtown hotels in T.O.
We were supposed to start at 8pm and finish at 11:30. They went through 100 speeches and we got the green light to start at 10:45pm.
Made 3K and played for 45 mins.

Was glorious!

Hahaa!!! That's uhhmmmm..... VERY!.... Corporate. Lots of blathering and Management Speak..... topped of with an highly
efficient use of time.

 

[Fishbulb]

play that one song that has you dying inside

I have these gigs all the time

 

[metropolis_4]

A few months ago I got hired to play a choir concert a couple hours away just to play one song.

So I drove 4 hours, sat in the green room for an hour, played 5 minutes, and headed home

 

[HotRats]

1. When I was my 20s we had this gig in a small bar.

Unfortunately the same night there was some big event nearby and no one came in. I mean zero. It was us and our girlfriends.

The owner told us: You know what? I'm going home you can stay, I'll be back in 2 ours.

We played for our girlfriends and that night I made my Marshall combo and ART multi FX fall to the ground, from the bar stool they were on. Gosh!

Surreal night.

2. Around the same period we played in a school in the moring, open air, but our singer couldn't come therefore I had my chance to front the band as a lead guitarist & singer!

I was really excited.

Two songs in, the police came and cut the power mid song. Wtf!

Music was too loud, neighbors complained.

Big bummer.

3. Had another gig interrupted by the police few years ago. It was a gig outside a bar on a small stage, it was a of festival with music, shows around this small town.

Same old reasons, too loud, too late at night...some grumpy motherfucker call the police, the police come.

This time at least not they asked to stop and after some arguing we cut the setlist and played few more songs.