Had an "unexpected" gig this weekend.... Drummer sent a text on Thursday about load in time for Saturday.
"Saturday? Where?"
"The Benefit gig."
Nothing on the calendar... and I don't remember us agreeing to a date on a football weekend.
So I threw some random shit in the car, watched ND play a shitty first half of football (was thankfully spared from watching the worse second half) and then drove up for setup and soundcheck. While plugging in, there are speakers nearby talking to the rest of the people in the VFW hall about addiction and times when they considered un-aliving themselves. I shot a look at the drummer like...
"Did they hire the right band?"
It was a "Suicide and Addiction Awareness benefit" so starting with a somber room and knowing that we weren't even getting paid... I turned my vocal game up a notch and tried to win over the room and hopefully get some decent tips.
Throughout the years we've played together, we often will do off-the-cuff interpretations of requests.... or sometimes I'll throw a song at them that we've NEVER played or practiced.
Spencer (Drums)... said something to Bob like "Really Bob? Mmm.... Bob?"
I said "
Did you say MmmBop?"
And broke into the song. We did the first verse, two choruses, and then broke down laughing.
We pulled a few other random surprises and instant requests out.... Elvis, Petty, Prince, and even a few bars of my Reggae Stairway to Heaven.
We ended the night with $300 in the tip jar and someone came up at the end and booked us for another private (paid) event, so can't hate on the day.
