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01 Oct 2010

How should you punish your guitarist for taking a gig

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Posted By : Bass-tard | Comments : 16

when he tells you its in Stoke and its in bloody Worcester !!!!

Hey lads we have a biker gig for road runners at Stoke Priory Country club in Stoke says our man

lovely we all says its only an hour down the M6

Check the postcode ready for our trip out tomorrow and hey ho its in Worcester !!!! Dohh

So when your all done gigging tomorrow night having hot chocolate in bed spare a thought for Out on Bail who will be south of Birmingham in a smelly van

Comments

# Posted by No Boundarys - 01/10/2010, 12:21 (GMT)

Ha Ha bit of a mileage difference there.

Say he cant use his effect pedals.

Aiden

# Posted by The Kasuals Solid Sixties Musi... - 01/10/2010, 12:23 (GMT)

Worcester, that is a local gig for me and thats at least 2+hrs away from me. You wanna try driving to the Isle of White doing the gig then driving all the way back home to Preston. Now that is a long drive, it has become quite a regular jaunt along with Folkstone, Gt Yarmouth and Bognor Regis.

All in the name of Rock & Roll...........:)

Lee

# Posted by Anthem - 01/10/2010, 12:28 (GMT)

we both live in Chorley, the drive to Coniston on a Friday night is a bleeding nightmare (best part of 2 hours). Not nice when working in the morning after getting in around 3am then gigging the Saturday night too. Guess what??........wouldn't swap it for the world

# Posted by MICK NASH - 01/10/2010, 13:14 (GMT)

Go to Worcester and have a good gig!
MN

# Posted by On The Edge - 01/10/2010, 14:45 (GMT)

it aint that bad buddy, about 10 years ago we had a gig called the old fire station once a month on a monday night in bloody OXFORD. paid well though.done a tone of miles away gigs since, beats working for a living any day lol.

# Posted by The Cottonhouse Shakers - 01/10/2010, 16:01 (GMT)

Make him drive!

# Posted by HAPPY DAIZE - 01/10/2010, 16:41 (GMT)

I've done one offs in both Ireland and Germany. The longest drive back I've had was from Kirkenes to Bognor Regis (when I was living there) - we left at 11am on the Monday, and I got home on the following Friday lunchtime.

Rob

# Posted by viking - 01/10/2010, 19:52 (GMT)

iffen it was the "bionic axeman" - get cheetah to stand behind him with a powerfull electro magnet and wave his (cheetah's) arms around during the solo on "freebird"!!! that'll remind him of another time-embarrass him??? ;-D
iffen it 'twas t'other one make him wear a blindfold at whittles when the bilf's get into full flow!!:-D

# Posted by Bass-tard - 01/10/2010, 20:08 (GMT)

blindfold it is then for robbie

# Posted by Bass-tard - 01/10/2010, 20:09 (GMT)

are you coming to whittles?

# Posted by viking - 01/10/2010, 20:27 (GMT)

@bass-tard-
alas, bro-not able to-the tarif on the "beer scooter" for that distance from my abode is way beyond my means. am somewhat limited in that area for gigs. ;-/

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 01/10/2010, 20:51 (GMT)

a hide his effects pedals

b hide the kettle lead for his amp just as youre settting up

c when hes not looking loosen one of the strings on his geetar

# Posted by Mark bassist in Piggery Bandan... - 01/10/2010, 21:22 (GMT)

Was in a britpop covers band and was texted a friday night gig in keel at the white horse, red lion or summat like that. Was working in scotland so was coming straight from work but thought hey ho dumb fucker can't spell keele and down the m6 I went. Walked into said pub in village of keele, was empty and it was half eight and soundcheck time.. Bar man looks at me and guitar with raised eyebrows.."I'm with the band" says I, "what band?" He replies. Cut a long story short bloody guitarist had typed leek in predictive text! About 50 miles away with sodding roadworks took ages!!! Still should be thankful it wasn't worcester his predictive text would have had me going to folkestone, probably! Get some tins in the van and roadtrip! Hoo hah!

# Posted by Ian - Rocking Horse - 02/10/2010, 06:21 (GMT)

Punish him??? no no he is a guitarist, you should just be grateful he actually got a gig at all.

You've heard the one about "how does a guitarist change a light bulb?..........He holds it up and the world revolves around him" ;-)

# Posted by MAXIMUM TORQUE - 02/10/2010, 08:28 (GMT)

How do you get a Guitarist to change a light bulb?.......tell him it will improve his tone!

How do you get a Guitarist to stop playing......tell him to change a light bulb (or..put sheet music in front of him)

# Posted by Charlie & Norma - 02/10/2010, 10:48 (GMT)

How do you punish him Rob.......send him to COVENTRY, you can manage without him for 1 gig:-))

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