acceptable temperature for outside gigs

[itsmedunc]

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1494276038' post='3294678']
Bah humbug, I hate performing in the cold. When I used to act a bit I have been coerced into doing a couple of outdoor performances and they were always chilly affairs. And as a punter I really don't enjoy outdoor events unless the temperature is positively Mediterranean.

I remember being duty bound to go and see some friends in a play at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. It was bloody freezing and I retreated to the tropical plants hothouse for the entire evening, only emerging to give them a round of applause at the end.

Luckily, in my somewhat limited musical career, I've never been in a band that's been invited to do an outdoor gig. The whole idea would fill me with foreboding. As well as the inevitable cold, there's the risk of electrocution if it rains. And it probably will rain.

I guess if the rest of the band wanted to do it, I'd feel duty bound to. But I'd probably moan a lot and they would all hate me

All hypothetical of course, as I'm not even in a band at the moment :-(
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This sounds Shakespearean speak to me! You are still an actor!

[seashell]

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1494276330' post='3294680']


This sounds Shakespearean speak to me! You are still an actor!
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Haha. The aforementioned play in the Botanical Gardens was a Shakespeare as it happens.

[itsmedunc]

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1494276441' post='3294681']
Haha. The aforementioned play in the Botanical Gardens was a Shakespeare as it happens.
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[size=4][color=#1F1F1F]Now is the winter of our discontent[/color]
[color=#1F1F1F]Made glorious summer by this son of York;[/color]
[color=#1F1F1F]And all the clouds that low'r'd upon our house[/color]
[color=#1F1F1F]In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.[/color][/size]

[spectoremg]

Cold is that bit between a building and your car isn't it? F**k gigging in it.

[itsmedunc]

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1494282720' post='3294750']
Cold is that bit between a building and your car isn't it? F**k gigging in it.
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Neo Shakespearean I take it?

[Woodinblack]

[quote name='bassjim' timestamp='1494241444' post='3294195']
Yep still got my thermals and bass mitts the misses knitted for me. Any advice on where to get the silk gloves? I'd like to try em out.
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They were these.

https://www.jasminesilk.com/silk-gloves-liner/p30

They have stood up quite well, and don't affect playing at all.

[Maude]

http://www.carnglaze.com/concerts-events/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3623398053_4ac291b29a.jpg

Gigged at Carnglaze Caverns in December a few years ago, below zero outside and not much more inside. After being there for five hours the cold just gets right inside you.
Amazing venue to gig but sh*te is it cold

P.S. For any Echo and the Bunnymen fans, the cover of the Ocean Rain album was shot by the underground lake and boat is still down there, but they wouldn't let us get in it and recreate the picture.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3OopgdEY6ZI/maxresdefault.jpg

Sorry they're links not photos.

To the OP, just crack on with cold gigs, it's character building

Edited May 8, 2017 by Maude

[spectoremg]

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1494282837' post='3294751']
Neo Shakespearean I take it?
[/quote]Yeah well he did make up loads of new words

[SpondonBassed]

[quote name='bassjim' timestamp='1494241444' post='3294195']
...Any advice on where to get the silk gloves?...
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Any decent motorcycle accessory shop should have glove liners, silk or otherwise, for you to try for fit.