bluesparky

He bought a book from me. Very quick payer. Thanks

He bought some books from me. Quick payment and good communication, and patient too, as i was busy with work and unable to send said books for a short time. Cheers.

He bought a book from me, quick payment and good communication. Pleasure!

[quote name='bluesparky' post='618240' date='Oct 6 2009, 10:04 AM']My first ever amp was a Peavey, but my mum read it as Pervy - bit rubbish that one! The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/w***el_engine"]w***el Rotary Engine[/url] always makes me chuckle.[/quote] Ha ha! and it's censored on here too! heh heh....

My first ever amp was a Peavey, but my mum read it as Pervy - bit rubbish that one! The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/w***el_engine"]w***el Rotary Engine[/url] always makes me chuckle.

One of the more embarrassing things i've had to was to get Daniel O Donnell's autograph for my mum, as a surprise for her birthday....

[quote name='Alun' post='615745' date='Oct 3 2009, 02:53 PM']Flange[/quote] Heh heh, always my favourite..

I've a bunch of the usual autographed picks, basses CD's etc etc but my fave, purely for comedy value is an end of tour present a couple of years ago. After we finished working on the Bigger Bang tour in 2007, i went straight out on another tour for a few months. A couple of guys were on both tours and had mentioned something had turned up from the band's guitarist as a thank you. They refused to say what it was, saying that the comedy surprise would be ruined, the only hint was that it was something that i'd never buy, never need, won't have a use for, yet i'd be gutted if i lost it. It turned out it was / is a motion sensitive talking 3ft model of Keith Richard's character from Pirates of the Caribbean, complete with personal note from him saying thanks and merry christmas.. The missus hates it as she says it's creepy and also talks every time someone walks into the room and she cr@ps herself when it does it. The said figurine was delivered when i was away, by courier, and my flatmate's brother was in my flat at the time and the smartly dressed delivery driver just handed him the package and said "can you make sure this gets to the addressee, Keith Richards won't be happy if it doesn't"... and then simply left, leaving my mate's brother with a very bemused look on his face! Obviously i'm not Keith Richards mate, just a member of the (massively massive) tour - someone else clearly stayed up all night writing out all of the the "personal messages" - but hey, it's different!.

The ultimate for this is "i don't know how to love him" by Yvonne Elliman, a serious guilty pleasure!!!!!

[quote name='Shaun' post='613928' date='Oct 1 2009, 03:09 PM']'Waterfalls' by TLC[/quote] Ooh yeah, good call - i love playing that track, nice work out for the wah in the intro too!

Encores are too deeply embedded in the scene to not play them, punters expect them and walk away disappointed if they don't get them. A lot of the time, bands will save their biggest hits for the encore and come back to play them, this expectation tends to rile up the crowd as they know it's coming - always good. Currently, the tour i'm working on (not playing on BTW) is for a rather famous singer / songwriter / pianist called Reg who wears a wig, one of the main reasons for the encore is so he can nip off stage and have a wee so he's ready to jump into the limo at the end of the gig and race away from the gig without having to worry about stopping before he reaches the airport! As for pub gigs, the encore is good timing so you can nip to the bar and grab another pint quickly before time at the bar! I'm voting for encores! Keep 'em!