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i can relate to a crappy-shows thread, cuz i play a lot of em these days.
but here's a tale about learning a lifelong lesson in about 1977.
we were playing in Richmond VA, never a good music town in that time (though it may have changed). when we kicked off the show there was one (1) couple in there. we vowed that we would keep them there all night.
before we started, we asked them what they liked, they told us, and we played it. first break, we all went over to the table and shot the breeze with em. we did all the showtime tricks, pulled out all the stops, played like there were a thousand people there.
at last call, that couple was still there. it was a goofball victory in a lifelong war against audience apathy, but it taught me that there's always some reason to play your ass off, no matter what the house is like.
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