I walked out of session

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: kendall
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 07:45 AM

A few years ago I went to court and the judge announced, "If you have a cell phone, turn it off now. If it rings during these proceedings you will be held in contempt." nuff said.

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 08:22 AM

Was that for the criminal record that you made Kendall??

Only joking. Just couldn't resist it.

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: jacqui.c
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 08:40 AM

LOL.

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 09:11 AM

no, the night boozing at Bonsall sounded good. I've had another shit day - looking at my car in a salvage yard after thieves had finished with it.

i've got to admit I did feel a twinge of sympathy for Clinton.

Whether you play the dowie dens of Yarrow, Doh a deer-a female deer, or shove it up your bum as part of circus act - earning a living from the guitar is a tough proposition.

then some guy comes on and tells you you have been wasting your talent on vapid ephemera - I bet he was incandescent with rage. I know I should have been at one point.

still as I say, he has been around the folkscene a long time, so he should be prepared for what some folkies think of us vulgar minstrels. and not descend to rudeness. they know not of what they speak, and its not really their fault.

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: jacqui.c
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 09:23 AM

WLD - Kendall, as has been explained, was replying to the original poster who was involved in a session, not entertaining for money. In that situation, and given the same provocation, I would do the same thing. We take part in sessions for the love of the music and the pleasure that being part of a group like that brings. There is no pleasure in trying to perform against a backdrop of noise and, for the majority of us, no need to have to put up with it. There are a few who are so desperate to be heard that they will keep going even when it is patently obvious that they are not wanted, as appears to be the case in Shaneo's post. Those are the ones that Kendall was talking about.

Playing for a living is different. One is being paid a fee for doing the job, whether or not the audience is really interested. Kendall was a paid performer, and from what I have heard, a good one and I'm sure that there were occasions when he had to battle the din in one way or another. That's what being professional is all about.

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: Paul Burke
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 09:34 AM

It seems that every time I mention the B word, something terrible happens to WLD. If I say it's only going to be a very little session, maybe something merely dismaying will happen, but I'll keep quiet nonetheless.

jacqui has got it about right- I remember one awful night when some promoter had decided to do a crossover night- avant-garde jazz and Nic Jones (that's how long ago it was). The jazz lot weren't interested and kept on yammering right through his two sets. He wasn't at all happy, but his playing and singing never faltered a bit, and we who were listening crowded close so we could hear. That contrasted with the reverential silence for the obligatory 25 minute drum solo in the jazz bit.

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 09:51 AM

I'd love to have been in the pub with the dogs all barking.

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 12:35 PM

only one terrible thing happened . I got burgled, they stole my car keys and drove my car off.

today I went to the salvage yard and said, can I have a look at my car. he said, sure and ten minutes later dumped it at my feet on a fork lift.

I really liked that car.

I know the situation. One night in Belper last year, this guy was embarking on a long ballad. The barmaid comes up from behind the bar, and starts playing a very noisy fruit machine about two foot way from him.

how we laughed.....

I mean, it does go with the territory just a bit. these experiences are hardly unexpected.

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: number 6
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 12:41 PM

"Was that for the criminal record that you made Kendall??"

... breach of contract ... not fulfilling an obligatory contract to perform.

just joking ... just trying to add some humour to the situation.

ok ... I'm outta here.

biLL

Subject: RE: I walked out of session
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 03:55 PM

WLD - "or shove it up your bum as part of circus act -"

Oh, you've seen the Aristocrats, then.

Seamus