Last night I played at a place that was one of the first to ever book me ( second actually, but the only one still in business) and they book me there every 6 weeks or so, so I certainly feel some loyalty there, but they are already one of my lower paying gigs and it's a 4 hour gig 9:30-1:30.
It's getting to the point where those 4 hour gigs, particularly ones that start late like this on are getting tougher and tougher on this old bod. Since we changed the clocks last night I got to play from 9:30-1:30 and then another 12:30-1:30 (after the clock change) for a total of 5 hours!
I HAD planned on getting strict about 45 min on 15 off, but that NEVER works out for me. Since I do an all request show I always feel obligated to finish the requests in front of me before I break (Also don't want to give people an excuse to leave), so again it was a 2 hour first set, 15 minutes break an 1.5 hour min set, a 15 min break and an 1 hour set to close out the night.
They DID pay me for the extra hour, but MAN am I ever dragging my ass today!!!
It's getting to the point where those 4 hour gigs, particularly ones that start late like this on are getting tougher and tougher on this old bod. Since we changed the clocks last night I got to play from 9:30-1:30 and then another 12:30-1:30 (after the clock change) for a total of 5 hours!
I HAD planned on getting strict about 45 min on 15 off, but that NEVER works out for me. Since I do an all request show I always feel obligated to finish the requests in front of me before I break (Also don't want to give people an excuse to leave), so again it was a 2 hour first set, 15 minutes break an 1.5 hour min set, a 15 min break and an 1 hour set to close out the night.
They DID pay me for the extra hour, but MAN am I ever dragging my ass today!!!