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drinks and gigs and teeth

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Posted By : off the rails | Comments : 9

is this the dearest ?


I was on holiday in torquay last week, and I bought a box full of plastic false teeth crooked vampire and other assorted, in the hotel we stopped at we got very friendly with the compere, he was a comedian/singer good voice too, he had a habit of coming up to you whilst he was singing and shoving the mic in your face, so I put the false teeth in, and when he came up with the mic I gave him a big smile, the whole place was in uproar he was laughing that much he could`nt sing.

we did a private gig last night at the priory club in leyland, it was a family occasion my nephews wifes 40th, Jenny is always saying I am miserable git I dont smile enough, thats true to some extent I suppose, concentration apart, I just enjoy it my own way, so I took 4 sets of false teeth to the gig, the rest of the band all put a set of false teeth in and when jenny was singing brown eyed girl we all gave her a big smile, almost everybody in the place was fits of laughter, all good fun eh, when we went to the bar it was £7 for a bud wiser, 1 pint larger and a blackcurrent and soda, when Jenny went to the bar it was £1.75 for an orange cordial with water !!!, that kind of wiped the smile off our faces a bit, we did the gig cheap because it was a relative, I know were not in it for the money but I ended up out of pocket doing the gig, apart from the fact that we really enjoyed the gig we got another private gig out of it in Morecombe, does the drink prices seem about right when your gigging or where we paying over the top ?.bearing in mind this is a church run club.

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# Posted by NIGHT TRAIN - 13/03/2010, 12:06 (GMT)

slightly over the top...however I note the lager was larger so can't really comment LOL
Most normal lager seems to be a standard £2.50...although I've paid £2.90 at the Man & Scythe (only once)...clubs are usually a bit cheaper...was it a fund raising do though?
PS Mind you, if its a Priory...aren't they supposed to wean people away from drink? Could be their way of doing it :o)


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# Posted by theBigFish - 13/03/2010, 12:07 (GMT)

Rule 3 (Alcoholic Beverages) .. subsection a) .. wherever possible gigs should always include at least 2 trays of beer for the band!!
Rule 3 (AB) .. subsection b) .. when doing private functions the bus will always contain an extra bag of "leads". (Boddingtons, John Smiths, Stella, Carling ..... whatever)
Willowneverdry!


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# Posted by off the rails - 13/03/2010, 12:07 (GMT)

No just a private party


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# Posted by NIGHT TRAIN - 13/03/2010, 12:09 (GMT)

Yeh, big bags of leads are always handy...I sometimes use a Bud cooler bag for my leads


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# Posted by CATDOG - 13/03/2010, 12:11 (GMT)

Sounds like a good crack. Prices a bit steep though. I can understand the church club charging over the odds for alcohol as a penance....but not soft drinks. Daylight robbery.


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# Posted by Wellington Hotel - 13/03/2010, 12:39 (GMT)

Pricing not too bad on the round, at ours it would cost you £6, however £1.75 for a cordial & water!!! I would like to think that the water was from a bottle and not the tap for that price, but sadly probably not. At ours that would set you back a full......
wait for it ......
60p for a pint of !!!
Now thats daylight robbery? LOL!!


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# Posted by LAST GANG IN TOWN - 13/03/2010, 13:29 (GMT)

I think they've got a NERVE charging those prices.
Suggest in future you play some PLAQUE Sabbath or 'Word up' by GUM or maybe the Craig McLachlan hit 'Hey MOLAR' or Sepalturas ROOTS BLOODY ROOTS.
OK, I'm off...
Gary
Last FANG In Town


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# Posted by off the rails - 13/03/2010, 14:26 (GMT)

donna it was tap water we went back to check their prices lol


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# Posted by The Cottonhouse Shakers - 13/03/2010, 17:30 (GMT)

Just take your own and top up from the van when you go outside for a smoke. If the venue is cheeky enough to charge those prices then I am cheeky enough to take my own!

I would not do this at a pub but for weddings ect, we always used to take some with us just in case.

If you are working at a cafe as a plumber ect, then you would take your sandwiches for your dinner - well musicians are tradesmen as well.


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