The Dewd who was Bewed

I've had someone sit in the front row and threaten to send me into the next life in an extremely gory manner if I played too loud.  It was my very first gig.  I was somewhat nervous.  I was 13 at the time.

I barely escaped with my life.  Funny thing about that experience was that I never again ever experienced stage fright.

I've never been booed thak God, but I have been paid to leave before. LOL! I played a gig when I was in high school for an 8th grade graduation. We were actually a good little band, but they rented an ambulance hall and it was small. Us being younger, we didn't run our instruments through a pa or anything...we just turned up so we could hear ourselves.

Well it was definitely loud, but I didn't think it was ear bleeding loud. The girl that has the party's father came up to me and said "We have elderly people in here that are ready to pass out, one is saying she may be having a heart-attack and well, how much would it take for you guys to pack up and leave like...right now?" LMAO!

Ah Starise, I can so relate with the whole trumpet thing! God forbid you get "quiver lips" man....it's over! I remember playing out doors with a friend of mine. We were actually quite decent and were doing what we thought was a good job. Me on Trumpet ( I still have a killer silver Bach Stratovarious) him on sax. All of a sudden, a neighbor yells out to us "hey, can you play far far away?!" to which I yelled back "no, Sir, we don't know that song" and he yells "ffs" and slams his door shut. LOL!

craigb

Danny Danzi


I remember playing out doors with a friend of mine. We were actually quite decent and were doing what we thought was a good job. Me on Trumpet ( I still have a killer silver Bach Stratovarious) him on sax. All of a sudden, a neighbor yells out to us "hey, can you play far far away?!" to which I yelled back "no, Sir, we don't know that song" and he yells "ffs" and slams his door shut. LOL!

Great reply - love it!!!

Craig...to make matters worse, I didn't even think at the time "hey wait a minute, that's not even a song!" It hit me like a year later that he meant "go away kid...far far away!" I think I asked my mom if she ever heard of a song called "Far far Away" and she said "no". LOL! So when I answered him, I was answering honestly thinking he was an older dude and was requesting some old standard that was before my time. LOL!
 
-Danny

I've never been booed off stage.

Ignored, yes.

Booed, no.

Then again, Mooch has not been to a live singing performance of mine.

Tim,

Go ahead, toot your horn....

I was once dragged off the stage by my left leg mid number in the Croxteth British Legion Club in Liverpool (Rough part of the city) This Neanderthal looking bloke I guess just thought it would be funny. When I realised I was going to go over the edge of the stage and he wasn't going to let up, I had to jump off to avoid landing in a broken heap. Unfortunately the momentum of the guitar after I landed broke the strap, I ended up holding my guitar vertically by the neck in my left hand, and this brute then started trying to play my guitar, STILL thinking he was being hilarious. Finally some more decent members of the crowd dragged him off me. What did the band do? Carried on playing as if nothing had happened, actually scared stiff it transpired afterwards. I slunk back on stage and finished the number off perched on my amp, pondering if it was worth it all....