The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32753   Message #432431
Posted By: Rick Fielding
03-Apr-01 - 05:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Your funniest gig anecdote
Subject: RE: BS: Your funniest gig anecdote
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A VERY famous Toronto Guitar player (and eccentric) played a whole set at the Riverboat Coffee House with his fly open and his union member dangling.

How did he manage this practical joke (!?) without being hauled off the stage? I still marvel at his inventiveness (if not his sense of good taste).

We were a quartet, using one mike. He stood (sort of) behind each of us at different times, and when taking a break or singing harmony he'd turn sideways. At times he just held his instrument strategically.

We (in the band) noticed what was going on as soon as we reached the stage, and as the group leader, I didn't know what to do (after I'd gotten over the giggles). Figured he'd "put it away" after the first song...but no. He kept the choreography going for 20 minutes. I'd kill to have THAT amount of nerve. (I'd use it differently though!)

Rick