Gig stories

This made me laugh.

 

I got called in to do sound last minute for some kid's musicals group up near Louetta a long time ago. They were doing Bye Bye Birdie with High School kids and wanted the church they were performing in Mic'd like a Broadway stage with no budget. I did what I could, but without calling a rental house there was no way I could give them what they wanted. After the show, which was rough, the husband of the artistic director came at me and took a swing at me saying the entire thing was my fault.

I just started packing my stuff up to get out of there.

Husband then walks over to Police station next door and tells cops that I was drunk and disorderly and ruined their show. Cops come over and test me for what seems like an hour (I hadn't had a thing, YET). Cop explains to me that guy said I was drunk and they don't see it. Asks if I want to press charges on dude for swinging at me. I declined, just wanted to get away from there.

good times.

 

Yeah, that seems like a better translation. I meant "without" as in "left without them", but it's an saying about a dog who DOESN'T get two things he desired. Yes, I know it's the opposite.

 

I was in a band from 1990-2004 and there are too many stories to remember. We used to do a lot of clubs and Party on the Plazas. We had a gig for Enron on September 13 2001 for big money. Needless to say, that was canceled. They promised us two big gigs down the line to make up for it. We know how that turned out. I also remember us doing a 2 set gig at Family Fun Day at the Park in 94 during a Rockets playoff game. During the set break, they had a male Diana Ross impersonator lip synch to 2 songs and then gave an impassioned speech at the end on the dangers of children falling victim to predators - surreal to experience. My wife and I quote him/her to this day in our best terrible falsetto Diana Ross voices, "Children.......(dramatic pause)....never let anyone.......VIOLATE your bodies".

 

There's a limit you have to reach before you're required to issue a 1099. I think it's $800. Last year (maybe the year before), I did a gig with y'all at Sullivan's that put me over the limit for the year and forced me to pay taxes on all that gig money. It was September or October and I didn't sub in for the rest of the year. In the end, I didn't make much on that gig because most of the check went to taxes.

 

That's crazy. Our sound guy, who is a very laid back kind of guy, almost came to blows with a chef at a very popular Midtown restaurant (that burned down during Ike...) after a gig there one night. Apparently the guy didn't like him dragging all his equipment through the kitchen while he was trying to prep.

LOL, awesome. We shared a bill with RuPaul a few years ago. That was an interesting evening. Let's just say that It's Raining Men was a real crowd-pleaser that night...

So far, I've never had to pay anything. I'm very liberal with writing things off come tax-time.