I agree with Kendall. I must clarify though that I now do mostly nursing homes. I do historical venues & renfairs as well & generally try to entertain & make the event fun for the folks who come. However I have been asked to do "wild thing" at a ren fair, which obviously isn't fitting so unless management pesuades me to perform it, I will opologize & tell the one who asked, "thanks for asking but I don't believe it is time period correct" & then I'll joke with them about it.
I have seen the Osborn Brothers perform & they are pretty much locked into doing "Rocky Top" at every show but there is always someone who comes in late & missed it & screams for it again. The Osborn Brothers simply state we would like to do everyones request but we have already performed our standard hits "Rocky Top" & "Ruben" etc. For this show our next performance is...
There is never an ecuse for deliberate rudeness to a sincere patron