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Originally Posted by hal
Great topic. I have learned to ask questions first. I know a lot of the venues in Memphis. We charge more for some places than others. Your wedding is at the Peabody? The price goes up 600.00 minimum. And we are not cheap to start with. Riverboats cost more. Beale Street is extra and we only play there for private events. There are a lot of clubs we don't play because the pay is bad and the load in is worse. Fortunately we are playing enough corporate/private events to keep our club roster down to a couple/month.
Our motto should be "we play for free. We get paid to move the gear."
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Speaking of places to play in Memphis...
The Western Steakhouse And Lounge (with the famous Elvis booth) had in my opinion the smallest bandstand in the world. You had to put the mikes outside of the rail. But the kings and queens of country music played there for years.
One of the worst load/unload I remember was a benefit for a sheriff election one year in Memphis.
They had put two flatbeds together and we had to load and unload without steps. Picking those cabs over our heads were a bugger!
And playing on the square upstairs above Sams where the stairs seemed to go straight up and forever.
