tmihm
10-24-2011, 12:48 PM
I aired this out on TGP, so please ignore if you spotted it there. It was too funny not to share.
We had a gig last Friday. There was a nice guy who was talking to me before the gig - I hadn't met him before. I was hustling around trying to get setup and was kinda half-listening to him. I realized his voice was really LOUD though. He said he could only stay for a song or two, but kept offering to buy the band (and other customers) drinks. Works for me.
Anyway, we start off with our opening song (we play classic rock covers) and it's not uncommon for folks to know the songs we do. Anyway...this guy is singing along SO loudly, I can clearly hear him as I'm up front singing. His harmonies actually sounded pretty close to the original (but still pretty bad) in certain parts. It was funny at first, then it got annoying. He finally left after the first set. In talking to the owner after the gig, he said this guy shows up from time to time, is relatively harmless, and they ask him to leave if he's there for more than an hour. He was drinking Southern Comfort, so not sure if that contributed to his antics, or if he was just plain nuts.
I was kind of afraid to even watch this, but someone recorded the guy - this was about halfway through the 1st set...before he started dancing...alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LthSD_V3HdU
...and to make matters worse, this is one of my favorite songs to sing, and this guy was singing louder than me (and without a mic...) in parts of it. The dude had some power. You can just hear him singing/yelling random words and noises.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckxnAXfkLU8
If you ever need to feel appreciated by the crowd, let me know and I'll get you in touch with our new pal. He just seemed so happy to be there!!!
Hope once you check it out you have half the fun that he did that night !!!!
Terry
We had a gig last Friday. There was a nice guy who was talking to me before the gig - I hadn't met him before. I was hustling around trying to get setup and was kinda half-listening to him. I realized his voice was really LOUD though. He said he could only stay for a song or two, but kept offering to buy the band (and other customers) drinks. Works for me.
Anyway, we start off with our opening song (we play classic rock covers) and it's not uncommon for folks to know the songs we do. Anyway...this guy is singing along SO loudly, I can clearly hear him as I'm up front singing. His harmonies actually sounded pretty close to the original (but still pretty bad) in certain parts. It was funny at first, then it got annoying. He finally left after the first set. In talking to the owner after the gig, he said this guy shows up from time to time, is relatively harmless, and they ask him to leave if he's there for more than an hour. He was drinking Southern Comfort, so not sure if that contributed to his antics, or if he was just plain nuts.
I was kind of afraid to even watch this, but someone recorded the guy - this was about halfway through the 1st set...before he started dancing...alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LthSD_V3HdU
...and to make matters worse, this is one of my favorite songs to sing, and this guy was singing louder than me (and without a mic...) in parts of it. The dude had some power. You can just hear him singing/yelling random words and noises.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckxnAXfkLU8
If you ever need to feel appreciated by the crowd, let me know and I'll get you in touch with our new pal. He just seemed so happy to be there!!!
Hope once you check it out you have half the fun that he did that night !!!!
Terry