St. Pat's Day Sucked

TnWhistler · Post by **TnWhistler** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:43 pm

I was supposed to play a gig with my band Sigean, and had to work in Mexico until Saturday. I had a flight from Cozumel Sat. morning to get me home in time. It was CANCELLED! Thanks USAir. I missed the whole gig, got home at midnight from the airport.l

I feel like Linus after Halloween. I missed it, I missed St. Patrick's Day. If I'd had my pipes I could've at least pulled them out in the airport. No frickin way, they were at home. No Guiness, nothin!!!

Hope everyone else had better luck.

Timmy

Beau Comiseau · Post by **Beau Comiseau** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:42 pm

Well, you can make up for it on Cinco de Mayo. Just start working on your Mariachi skills, though.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:44 pm

TnWhistler wrote: I missed it, I missed St. Patrick's Day.

You know, if you celebrated the pagan holidays ( beyond Christmas, Easter, Hallowe'en... ), you'd have more fun and more of them.

Darran · Post by **Darran** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:39 pm

why be picky and celebrate them all

L42B · Post by **L42B** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:45 pm

Well I played with the local GHB band from 5:00-6:00pm, which I didn't get payed for as the funds went to the band. I certainly had a lot of fun in the process, although the venue was a pub there was no after band celebration of course (no seriously

). Sometimes its just nice to make a lot of noise and disturb the local CBD district for an hour

. Next I played the Uilleann Pipes for half-an-hour at a medical training seminar. I thought it was a suit and tie event but suddenly realised that doctors in Mackay are a really informal bunch of people...no tie or suite to be found

. That was a paying event and I got $50. Hullabalu which is a professional group has offered to pay me $100 for an hour sessions (even though I'm not a professional), and they are a really popular group in the district. So I didn't feel to bad asking for that fee, as there isn't another piper like myself in the district (not that I know of anyway).

Cheers L42B

gregorygraham · Post by **gregorygraham** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:59 pm

L42B said: "doctors in Mackay are a really informal bunch". That's good to hear because, back around 1994, I was refused service in a pub in Mackay (Queensland, I assume we're talking about the same Mackay) because I was wearing a tee shirt. The town standards must be softening.

TnWhistler said: "No Guiness, nothin!!!" Don't worry pal, I believe Guiness is available the other 364 days of the year.

PJ · Post by PJ » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:08 pm

Bummer!!

We had a storm and a foot of snow. Two of my contracts were cancelled but the other two went ahead.

nadav · Post by **nadav** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:17 pm

Got 300$ for less than 3 hours, playing in a few pubs for murphy's distrubuter, on the GHB...
too bad it's only once a year... (as for playing GHB for $$$ in Israel isn't that profitable...)
but that will help to buy the UP i want...

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:30 pm

Mine sucked too. My husband had to go to China, so I had to go stay with my relatives in SoCal to get some help with the bb. I had to miss my band playing at the parade in SF for the first time.

J.

magroibin · Post by **magroibin** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:49 pm

Well St. Pat's only half sucked here. The daytime gig was at a University pub. Lots of weird green getups, weird green beer and general weirdness. (I think somebody got arrested while we were playing "Worried man blues".) Took an hour to get their sound system to work! Took longer to get any service from the wait staff!!

The night gig was much better. The house was packed (which made setup a hassle) but the crowd was very appreciative. We really "got into a groove" and the music flowed. Good food, great service, free Guinness, who could ask for more?

glands · Post by **glands** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:20 pm

A cold mass of dry air fecked up the clime here in Nashville. Pipes were playing like a dream until Friday. Still, I was not about to pass on the opportunity to sit in "The Round" as a guest musician with the pipes at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. They didn't behave themselves....regs went out of tune on me and chanter reed got funky..... but I adapted and the pipes were well received.

SEAGULL · Post by **SEAGULL** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:18 pm

My weekend was pretty good. About twenty hours of playing! Played for about 700 people in a big party tent on St Patricks day night! It was alittle loud but the atmosphere was amazing. I have one thought right now. DRINK WATER!!!!!!LOTS OF WATER!

The Sporting Pitchfork · Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:47 pm

Oh, thank God that's over...

Actually, it was a pretty decent, reasonably profitable weekend. I won't miss the booze, noise and claustrophobia, though...Well, I might miss the booze just a bit...

But could someone please inform the church music directors of the world that you CANNOT march and play uilleann pipes at the same time. It seems like some of them are still havin' a bit of a hard time grasping that concept...

uilleannfinlander · Post by **uilleannfinlander** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:27 am

Amplifier/mixer started suddenly make some strainge "BZZ" noice to guitar.....pipemic broken beginning of the second set...for good luck I got one spare mic and show continued..
Terrible green beer...terrible much drunken people asking all the time
"..U should play whisky in the jar...Irish rover...

But gig went fine indeed.

Pekkos · Post by **Pekkos** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:47 am

My gig went fine, but on my way home, I got mugged for my Guinness-st.pat's hat, got a punch in the face, so today I have black eye... I'm just glad that the didn't take the pipes flute or my fiddle...

/Anders

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