sitting in was: 'drunk-o-meter'

[ROBIN BANK$]

--- "P.W. Fenton" <pwfenton@p-dub.com> wrote:
>  From experience, it can range from wonderful to
> disastrous.  So if I am
> playing a gig, I will not allow an unknown entity to
> sit in, no matter what
> my best friend in the world says about them.  If I
> know and respect them,
> that is another story.  I know some people who would
> never allow a person
> to sit in, for fear that they would impress the
> management and steal future
> gigs.



Well, that's one way to look at it. Another way is, I
sent out the promo material including my CD, got on
the phone and booked the dang gig, hired the band,
brought the PA and did the sound... so let the guy
asking to sit in get his own band and book his own
friggin gig! It is work after all... and I did most of
it! ;)

RB$




But I'm not about that.  I think we are all
> in it together, and your
> success is my success.  The way I started was by
> "sitting in" with some
> generous and supportive heroes.  I can't ever forget
> that.
>
> But I really must know what the player can do before
> I decide to let them
> sit in.  If my decision produces a lame performance,
> that only hurts me in
> the eyes of the management.  The guy sitting in
> doesn't lose anything....
> but I can lose a future gig.
>
> When I was playing regularly, we built up a little
> cadre of folks that
> frequently "sat in".  I believe that every time I
> have played Skipper's
> Smokehouse in Tampa, Jimmy Thackery has shown up and
> sat in with us (I
> believe it was his wife who was a fan of my band).
> My only regret is that
> I usually handed him my guitar and then "sat out"
> while he did a few tunes.
>
>  From the other end of this discussion, I sort of
> hate having bands ask me
> to sit in.  Not because I don't love any chance I
> get to perform, but
> because I feel like I'm intruding on their gig, and
> that they are asking me
> up because they feel like they should.  If I'm in
> the audience, it's
> because I want to see THEIR show, not because I want
> a chance to sing to
> their audience.
>
> That reminds me... the only thing wrong with
> gigging... is not being able
> to see the other people playing that night.
>
> P.W. Fenton
> New Port Richey, FL
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RB$
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