We recently played a brewery that has a big screen tv...Unbeknownest to us, or the guy who hired us, it became the nite of the big play off when Detroit won entrance into the series.

We had to set up to the side of everyone,the place was packed-everyone staring ahead at the screen to our right. Time came to play and I was fully willing to apologize and tell them if they passed the hat we'd pack up and go home...but they said, "Go ahead and play, we'd like to listen we'll just turn the sound off and watch the game" So we played to the sides of people looking elsewhere...we got some nice applause and of course were totally blown away by the cheering & shouting when the Tigers won-breaking the tie in the 9th to go into the series. Strange nite.

The worst audience was a nursing home Christmas party we played. They crammed the whole "student body" into the dining room and we played with NO sound system. Bedlam prevailed...residents talking loudly cause they couldn't hear each other, the alzheimer's patients doing their very vocal thing-shrieking-yelling-moaning...it all grew to a fevered pitch when one lady screamed, "IT'S CHAOS IN HERE!" Another called to us and said, "HEY!--HEY!---HEY---HEY! We stopped playing and said, "Yes mam?" she yelled, "HOW DO I GET OUTTA HERE!" Course we completely fell apart laughing as Santa arrived taking what infinitesimal attention we had fought so hard to win completely away-you can't compete with Santa...