Yup. And the greed isn't just from chains. There's a pub here in town that is actually a Mom and Pop operation. However, they are so popular and so busy that they treat the musicians like crap, because they can. They pay less than the smaller pubs and pull real crappy tricks, like advertising on the radio that the entertainment starts earlier, forcing the musicians to take the heat if they can't make the appointed hour. They suck in some less experienced by saying their gig is from 4PM to 7PM and then another group is on, when there is no other group. And you know what happens at 7PM, just as the supper crowd is getting into the music after imbibing. There's at least another hour of playing.... without any extra pay. So, a three hour gig turns into a five or six hour gig with little, or no, extra bucks... which is their niche, because the dance clubs start up around nine or ten PM. They fill in the rest of the night with ameteurs on open mic.