Worst, easily the 'something' Blues Collective in the Uxbridge, Ruislip area of greater London.
The guy that ran the 'collective' was a prized 'cnut'. Anything you had or did he had 50 of or had already done. He was an ex school teacher that went to work as a school inspector, he had to leave his job at the local school as he did not get on with the pupils (i.e. he was a gypsy's kiss poor teacher....)
He saw my Omega watch and claimed to collect Rolexes
He saw my Mercedes ML and claimed to collect Mercedes S class vehicles
He saw my Fender Deluxe Jazz V and claimed to have ~50 guitar's and various vintage amps but preferred his Fender Pawn shop model and Blues Junior amp
I cannot describe the level of cnutness.....!
The drummer was a pot head and had clearly achieved little in life, including the ability to wash
The lead guitar player was actually a nice chap, but must have spent £5000+ on his kit - huge pedal board, vintage amp and PRS guitars, he was okay and rolled his eyes a fair bit at both the drummer and 'out leaders' capability. He was a pretty capable player.
Anyway, I was not doing much else so played the first rehearsal and committed to a second. The leader was not specific on the versions of covers he was doing, so, it was all a bit of guess work at first and very loose in terms of changes and lead - far too loose for a set or a live gig. I was invited back for a second rehearsal at a local pub on a Tuesday night, I was told that the pub had a spare room and that the landlord let him rehearse there for free.
Turns out the spare room, is in fact the bar. Alarm bells rang when he started to unpack a PA and setup a full rig. We were simply not ready for a gig, but the 'leader' insisted that this was a rehearsal......it clearly was not.
I apologize to the 1 punter in the pub in Ruislip that had to put up with that unholy din whilst reading the paper.