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Whew, this is gonna take some typing.
Around 1980 I played with a Country Band in Mesa Arizona. The "Front Man" bought an old Cadillac Limosine (like a 72') and we had a gig at an Air Force Base around Gila Bend.
I rode with him and his mistress, (sheeze, yep he was married) and we were about an hour and a half ahead of the drummer and bass player who were in the drummers 1947 or so pickup he was restoring, (think primer paint, ect.)with all the p.a. gear, drums ect.
The (black) limo got hot (Gila Bend, Arizona in July, it was like 115 degrees)
and we sat on the side of the road for an hour and a half with an ice chest full of beer. No shade, except the black car. We got drunk quick.
The old truck showed up and we loaded our guitars and amps in it, and with 5 (really) people in the front of this old truck, (old trucks have very small cabs) we pulled up to the gate of this Air Force Base.
The drunk front man, with his shirt unbuttoned, walked up to the guard at the gate, (who is a perfect, hand picked, military man) handed him a business card and said........
This stands out to me to this day as one of the funniest things I've ever witnessed.........
"Sorry we're late, but our Limo broke down."
HA HA.........
True story......
Love ya.
Murph.
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