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jpkusa · April 25th, 2005, 06:31 PM

How about going on at 1:30 AM, doing two sets, and finishing up at 4:45 AM? After having worked an 8 hour day-job, then driven four hours? That's what I did a couple weeks ago in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. There's no last-call there on Friday nights, so the bars can serve as late as they want. This particular club waits until the various local fraternity parties are over after midnight before they let the band start playing. At that particular gig, the latest I've ever played, I was dead on my feet, and you could certainly tell it from my playing. I was terrible. By the second set I had a migrane that neither aspirin nor alcohol could cure, so I just coasted through. Got to bed (I mean couch) as the sun was coming up.

We played the same place last weekend and I took a nap in the truck for an hour or two after soundcheck. Woke up feeling great and had a good gig; didn't have to play quite as late, either (3:30 or so).

But the latest gig I've ever seen was some friends of mine in Birmingham, who WENT ON one night at the Nick at 3 AM! I had to split before they ever started. It was one of those 4-band bills that starts at 11 and runs behind schedule all night.

April 25th, 2005, 06:31 PM	#19 (permalink)
jpkusa Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nowhereseville Posts: 585	How's THIS for a late night gig... How about going on at 1:30 AM, doing two sets, and finishing up at 4:45 AM? After having worked an 8 hour day-job, then driven four hours? That's what I did a couple weeks ago in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. There's no last-call there on Friday nights, so the bars can serve as late as they want. This particular club waits until the various local fraternity parties are over after midnight before they let the band start playing. At that particular gig, the latest I've ever played, I was dead on my feet, and you could certainly tell it from my playing. I was terrible. By the second set I had a migrane that neither aspirin nor alcohol could cure, so I just coasted through. Got to bed (I mean couch) as the sun was coming up. We played the same place last weekend and I took a nap in the truck for an hour or two after soundcheck. Woke up feeling great and had a good gig; didn't have to play quite as late, either (3:30 or so). But the latest gig I've ever seen was some friends of mine in Birmingham, who WENT ON one night at the Nick at 3 AM! I had to split before they ever started. It was one of those 4-band bills that starts at 11 and runs behind schedule all night.