Matt Roberts Music

Top 5 Worst Gigs: No 4

This was an on going bad experience. I saw a poster looking for a trumpet player to go on a show tour so I applied, auditioned and got the job.

It turned out that it was for a Carpenters Show – Beggars can’t be choosers though.

So I ended up doing 2 tours with these guys. The MD was an absolute joke and incredibly weird. His little sister (who was the talent and sang as Karen Carpenter) was continually bullied by him at rehearsals in front of the rest of the band and she was only 16 (but looked about 20 with a strong voice to match).

It was a truly terrible experience and I suffered through it with some really cool musicians. I’ve got to say that the audience was just as weird. And average age of 100+ and when I did see a young couple in the first row they were sobbing with happiness. – Did I mention it was an on stage band, multiplying the pain, I could sob looking back at it .

The most weird thing was that people would hang around the stage door at the end and want our autographs?! The show wasn’t even that good. Having said that though it was a surprising market with every venue sold out.

A truly weird experience.