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Topic: Wheres Your New Years Eve Gig? |
Nick Reed
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Russellville, KY USA
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Dec 2004 6:26 pm |
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1508 Dickerson Pike
Nashville, TN
‘No Reservations’
‘No Cover’
‘No Refreshments’
‘No Accompaniment’
‘No Empty Promises’
‘No Fun’
‘No SH#$%’!
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“Big John” Bechtel
’49/’50 Fender T–8 Custom
’65 Re-issue Fender Twin-Reverb Custom™ 15”
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Jody Sanders
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Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Dec 2004 6:54 pm
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| VFW Hall in Cypress,Tx. With the High Stakes Band. Traditional country music at its best. Jody. |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2004 8:02 pm
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We're doing a private party right here in Cloverdale, at a little hall on First St. (I forget what the room is called). It appears to be the only thing happening in town. Tickets are $10, BYOB. We might make a few bucks if enough people show up.
Email me if you want tickets.
Hey Nick, what brand of guitar is that you're playing? We don't see that logo much out here in California! 
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 Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
Sierra SD-12 (Ext E9), Williams D-12 Crossover, Sierra S-12 (F Diatonic)
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 9 Dec 2004 11:45 pm
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Moose Lodge in Gastonia NC.
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Ron !
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Posted 9 Dec 2004 11:45 pm
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At home with a sixpack. 
No.....seriously.....dunno yet.Over here the people don't play much gigs on new years eve.
Ron
Nikaro SD10 4x6
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 1:42 am
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Had an offer for a cafe gig in Paris,
but too far, too little, and no room provided.
Blew it off.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 10 December 2004 at 06:43 AM.] |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 2:11 am
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I had an offer from a real good band, but they offered too much money for me---400 bucks for ONE NIGHT!!! I told 'em I'd play it for 50, but not four hundred.  |
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George McLellan
From:
Duluth, MN USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 3:01 am
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Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Filling in for their regular bass player, he's off to Branson.
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SUAS U' PHIOB
Geo
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Ted Hughes R.I.P.
From:
Ms. USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 3:12 am
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| Wee Dee's down La. |
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Farris Currie
From:
Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 3:45 am
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| we usually have news years gig at little country Church,band sets up about 8pm,start playing,folks come from everywhere,brings cakes,pies,all types of refreshments,we will play awhile then break and fellowship,then play some more.have a time of sharing,what the year has been to each that wants to share.then about 5mins.before midnite,we all get in a circle inside the church,hold hands,and have a prayer service pray the new year in. then go home!had some of the most enjoyable New Years.farris |
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ROBERT MYERS
From:
HEDGESVILLE, W.VA. USA
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Mark Metdker
From:
North Central Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 4:05 am
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I will be playing with "The Hired Guns" on Exchange Street in the Ft. Worth stockyards. Right down the street from Billy Bob's. I haven't played there before, but they tell me it will be standing room only, and a line out the door.
Maybe after they hear me play it won't be nearly as crowded!
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 4:20 am
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I'll be at the Woodmen of the World Hall in Hampton, Virginia with Otto Shelor and the Ravens doing traditional country and some bluegrass. The money's not as good as years past but I love to pick so I'd do it for free rather than set home on NYE. I've played every one of 'em since 1961...JH
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Livin' in the Past and Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
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Frank Parish
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Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 4:49 am
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The Rest Stop Tavern Lebanon, Tn
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Update..We were canned! No NYE gig![This message was edited by Frank Parish on 14 December 2004 at 03:01 PM.] |
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Reggie Duncan
From:
Mississippi
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 5:18 am
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| Private party in South Louisiana. Pickin from 1pm-4pm, then a huge meal, then pickin from 6pm-until. No booze, and the smokin section is outside. Genre will be Bluegrass and Country Gospel! Love it! |
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Eddie Thomas
From:
Macon,Ga.,USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 5:24 am
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| Elks Club, Eatonton, Ga. |
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Shaan Shirazi
From:
Austin, TX, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 5:37 am
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Ginny's Little Longhorn with Roger Wallace (on bass)
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 6:26 am
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Gee Nick, it'll be the same as last year, and this is a long explanation. So if you're rushed for time or don't care, move on to the next guy..
Our band will load into this joint about 4 pm, taking only our instruments, amps, 1 mike and a Fender Twin for vocals. We'll play for the same group of guys/gals we played for last year with 3 missing from the crowd. They're in a better place if you're a believer. We'll marvel at the manner in which these folks manipulate the 4 wheels they're sitting on, and the agile movements made with alternative magnesium legs, crutches that slide on the well polished tile floor that's slippery as an eel and wonder how they keep from busting their butts.
"Bugle Boy Rag" and "In the Mood" will be served to a standing ovation of at least 75 folks. All that topped off by the Texas National Anthem, "Faded Love", and finally I'll watch as the tears fall for fallen comrades as our favorite trumpet player Jelly Roll renders one of the most heartfelt interpretations of "Taps" one has ever heard.
Then we'll quickly tear down from this well known VETERANS HOSPITAL that services those guys from WW II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, and now Iraq, and move the equipment to our next venue, some 'tonk' where we'll do it all for the folks who participate in the New Year's revelrie; the cowboys with the stetsons, big belt buckles, western shirts, and bolo ties with the diamond clusters, their spouses/girlfriends with the glittering seasonal top vest complete with sequined santas, sleighs, and stupid looking reindeer, skirts so tight the panty line looks like the yellow/white line in the middle of the highway, carrying their purple bag of Crown Royal and entering the front door yelling for setups and ice.
There's gonna' be a couple of fist fights and the bouncers will separate the drunken contenders, who'll hug one another, shake hands and patch up the wounds. Twelve o'clock will finally arrive after we've played every idiotic song from "Three Little Fishes" to "Two Pina Coladas", Auld Lang Syne follows and we'll bring it all to a close with our going home song "Good Night Little Sweetheart, Good Night", shut the amps off and leave before the crowd, most of whom are soused to the gills, has a chance to get on the highways and by ways.
Home by 1 AM where I'll have a Coors Light, small can, try to unwind, finally dumping the smoke filled clothes out the back door, showering and heading to the bed--Only after thanking the Great One for allowing my oldest son to return from a place I'm really not certain we should be in, but I trust my remaining son's judgement.
Finally falling asleep after remembering we're to meet tomorrow in the afternoon to tear down, load the trailer with all the junk we used the night before. Oh well, such is the life of a "picker". Ain't it great?
fred
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"From Truth, Justice is Born"--Quanah Parker-1904
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Buddy Blackmon
From:
Athens, Georgia, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 6:33 am
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| For once....IN THE BED...YIPPEE!!!!!!!! |
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Joey Gaskins
From:
New Bern, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 6:56 am
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White Oak FWB Church in Maysville NC.
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Scott Henderson
From:
Camdenton, Missouri, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 7:24 am
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Well it's from one extreme to another...last year I spent my first news at home in 20 years in bed by 10:30 this year just the opposite. I am playing with a really hot tradtional country/cowjazz group!!!
Tony Smith on fiddle, Dave Owens on Bass, Sonny Clark on keys, Ronnie blecher on drums
and Dwayne Bowman on lead guitar. The name of the group is "Swingin West" and we will be at the Elks lodge in Laurie Mo. Should be a hoot!!!! Happy hoidays and be safe out there lots of amateur drunks out that night!!!
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Steelin' away in the ozarks and life,
Scott
www.scottyhenderson.com
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Savell
From:
Slocomb, AL
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 7:54 am
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Ken Thompson
From:
Great Falls, Montana, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 8:27 am
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| We'll be doing two shows at the Civic Center in Great Falls for "First Night Great Falls". Lots of different style acts. Two shows, paid well, go home. Love it! |
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Marc Friedland
From:
Fort Collins, CO
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 9:20 am
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This year The Dave Russell Band will be back again at The Rancheria Casino in Jackson, CA.
It's a pretty regular gig for us throughout the year as well. We'll be there 12/29 thru 1/2 with extra pay on New Years. Rooms & food are always part of our pay there.
They DO NOT sell alcohol there, even on New Years!
Last year on New Year's was the the very first gig in my life (and I've had way too many to count) that I had to miss because of being sick. Since I was too weak to even sit up and drink some tea, there was no way I could convince my wife that I was well enough to drive a couple of hours, set up all my equipment and perform for 4 hours.
I did make it there for the last 2 days of the 5-day gig.
-- Marc www.marcfriedland.com
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. The Lodge representative said they weren't going to have the money to pay us, so guess what! Luckily I was able to get the owners of Flea Country to have a New Years Eve Party here at the last minute and let us be the entertainment. Not quite as much money as the gig we lost, but with that short of notice, I ain't complaining.
