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Top 5 Worst Gigs: No 1 (Part 3)
Continuing… 6) When the guys eventually turned up we headed back to the gig venue – their reason for leaving us was that they had bumped into someone from Eastenders and gone with them for an autograph?!? Weird! 7) So we…
Top 5 Worst Gigs: No 1 (Part 2)
Continuing… 3) Once we got to London these clowns would actually stop halfway across zebra crossings to stop girls walking across and heckle them – most likely because they were sleazy creeps! 4) When we did get to where we…
Top 5 Worst Gigs: No 1 (Part 1)
The worst gig that I’ve had so far in my career!!! I was on this one off gig with my friend Neil when I was 19. It started off in Birmingham where we were picked up by 2 guys we…
Top 5 Worst Gigs: No 2
I used to play with a fantastic big band that I will not name. It was lead by a brilliant trumpet player and lovely bloke (when not standing in front of the band). I was playing second trumpet for this…
Top 5 Worst Gigs: No 3
This wasn’t too long ago actually. It was a gig I deped for Ash with his mate Paul (See Previous Blog Better to Say Nothing Than to Lie). At a showcase for a soul band that hired us as a…
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…
Top 5 Worst Gigs: No 5
(Whilst I’m on Eurobusk I’ve prepared these posts so even when I’m away I don’t miss a day of blogging.) When you start getting lots of gigs coming in and you’ve not got a lot of experience you have to…
And Away I go
I’m off to Eurobusk tomorrow. But My Top 5 Worst Gigs will be posted whilst I’m away. The gig with the Northern lights was a good laugh last night in Church Broughton, even if we did have to play a…