We do OK these days, venues call us however, a few years ago we played a pub which was outside of our usual areas. When we arrived, the landlady told us was usually pretty quiet on band nights. It turned out to be a complete stormer, people who can stayed and we all had a great night. Our error was not to book follow dates while we were there. We tried to call them several times afterwards to rebook but never got to even speak to the landlady - the last time they answered and said they'd see if she was in when we heard her muted voice say "who is it?....tell 'em I'm not in" Needless to say we never rang back. Who knows - stupidity plays a part I guess?