A duo with you in Moosejaw Glen? Hmmmmmmm......you go first.....I'll be along later....

I was playing at the Holiday Inn (or was it Howard Johnson's?) in some town in Florida years ago and I went out for a walk on my break. The Hotel next door (Howard Johnson's or perhaps the Holiday Inn) also had a solo performer, and I walked into the lounge. To my shock and horror the guy playing there was someone who I thought was WAYYY beyond doing that kind of gig.
He'd had a couple of HUGE hits, one of them being "Wildwood Weed".

He was playing a set of bass pedals (very well) and was a dynamite guitarist. Anyone know his name....and his other big hit?

Actually, this was something that most solo performers encountered at least once or twice a year.....Acts that had had one huge hit....but weren't big enough to be featured anymore. (and loved music enough that they HAD to keep playing). I remember seeing Ginger Baker in Niagara Falls.

The more I think about these stories, I realize how lucky I was to go through amost twenty years of this without getting my head punched in. Although I (obviously) LOVED playing, I was really disdainful of inebriated customers and overbearing owners and managers. Plus, the UNDISGUISED racism and often totally right wing politics in rural areas really got to me after a while. Even strong Union members often scared me with their lack of acceptance of anything different. Had I been a bit more outspoken with my views, I'd never have gotten hired once the word got around.

Cheers

Rick