Those 'train wreck' moments
Inspired by a comment in another thread where someone posted 'who would possibly turn up with a bass that bad to a session', to which I replied you would be surprised, I thought it might be fun to share some of those moments which turn into train wrecks, be it incompetent musicians, engineers, promoters, or self destructing equipment/ musicians, engineers, promoters, plus mishaps and misunderstandings.
Unreliable musicians have always been a source of frustration and at times (in hindsight!
Wondering whether your at the right gig or not reminded me of one we did at a pub which turned out to be in the middle of nowhere up on the moors . It was in the winter and, as we wound our way up country lanes, arriving at this desolate place in the rain we were already wondering what we’d let ourselves in for. Who on earth was going to bother coming out here in this weather to see a band nobody’s heard of?
We went into the pub to find out where to set up and the landlord took us ou
