Banjer,

I certainly understand where you are coming from....a request two weeks in advance seems more than reasonable.

My band also does Hard Times, and sometimes it is requested....we balk at doing it, due to member changes,and lack of practice. But our general policy is, if we can do a song that's requested, we work it into the very next set...it's always possible to substitute the requested song for a similar one in the set.

Maybe there were other considerations why the band didn't play your song...but I think they could have handled it a little better than they did.

Robin