Quote:
|
Originally Posted by petebradt
Do not be afraid to find a grocery store parking lot (or similar place) and catch a little snooze (as long as it's in a neighborhood where you won't be attacked), I've done the same thing MANY times on the way home from a gig. I've also done it when I indulged a bit too much during the gig. A bad wreck or a DUI isn't going to do your little one any good at all.
|
This is the truth. I actually don't have more than one drink when the gig is more than 20min from home, and usually just drink water.
Luckily, there are two tollway oasis stops between Rockford and Chicago, and I make it a point to stop at both and take a 5 minute walk. I drink cold iced tea with no sugar to give me caffeine w/o the sugar high and subsequent dropoff. Chewing on ice cubes also seems to wake you up, especially in December in Chicago :D.
And if I'm way too tired, I always have the option to stay at my drummer's place, which is in Rockford. However, there's nothing like sleeping in your own bed, and this is why I try to make it home.
During the gigs, it's never a problem. We usually don't go on until 11 to 11:30 at this place and play for 2.5hrs, sometimes with a break, sometimes not. Adrenaline is too strong to let me stay tired.