How was your gig last night?

[police squad]

3 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

 

Bootleg Eagles. Fairly new on the block.

cool, I'll check you guys out if you come my way at all

[Bluewine]

Maple Road will be performing at The Big Gig, Summerfest the worlds largest music festival this Saturday. 

 

Set time is 1:45-2:30 and then 3:30-4:15. We're on The Johnsonville Stage.

 

"We received 3 digital parking passes for Lot E today. Max and Rory, I will send you each one later today, Daryl will ride with us, and we need to be to the Lot by 11:45am on Sat."

 

We only got in because the band originally booked canceled. 

 

Daryl

Edited 7 hours ago by Bluewine

[peteb]

40 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

Maple Road will be performing at The Big Gig, Summerfest the worlds largest music festival this Saturday. 

 

Set time is 1:45-2:30 and then 3:30-4:15. We're on The Johnsonville Stage.

 

"We received 3 digital parking passes for Lot E today. Max and Rory, I will send you each one later today, Daryl will ride with us, and we need to be to the Lot by 11:45am on Sat."

 

We only got in because the band originally booked canceled. 

 

Daryl

 

That looks cool Daryl...! 

 

I'm playing a big bike rally with the 'occasional' blues band this weekend. It's a big event, but not anywhere as near as big as that! 

 

[Bluewine]

33 minutes ago, peteb said:

 

That looks cool Daryl...! 

 

I'm playing a big bike rally with the 'occasional' blues band this weekend. It's a big event, but not anywhere as near as big as that! 

 

 

 

Cool,

 

Pete my concern for Saturday is the heat. It's going to be in the 90s.

 

There's a bass rig on stage. I'm only bringing an instrument stand, bass and my pedal board. 

 

Daryl

[peteb]

9 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

 

Cool,

 

Pete my concern for Saturday is the heat. It's going to be in the 90s.

 

There's a bass rig on stage. I'm only bringing an instrument stand, bass and my pedal board. 

 

Daryl

 

My concern for the blues gig at the bike rally tomorrow is the high pollen count and what it will be like in the marquee @ 8:30pm...! I have played a gig before while having a hay fever attack and it's interesting to say the least! It is forecast to be in the mid 80s at the rally - not bad for the north of England. 

 

My missus wants us to camp out and stay the whole weekend. That will depend on how bad my hay fever is... 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by peteb

[dmccombe7]

3 hours ago, Bluewine said:

Maple Road will be performing at The Big Gig, Summerfest the worlds largest music festival this Saturday. 

 

Set time is 1:45-2:30 and then 3:30-4:15. We're on The Johnsonville Stage.

 

"We received 3 digital parking passes for Lot E today. Max and Rory, I will send you each one later today, Daryl will ride with us, and we need to be to the Lot by 11:45am on Sat."

 

We only got in because the band originally booked canceled. 

 

Daryl

Nice one Daryl, this is more how it should be for you guys.

Should be a fantastic experience.

Keep us posted on how it goes.

Dave

Edited 4 hours ago by dmccombe7

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Bluewine said:

 

 

Cool,

 

Pete my concern for Saturday is the heat. It's going to be in the 90s.

 

There's a bass rig on stage. I'm only bringing an instrument stand, bass and my pedal board. 

 

Daryl

Take a large 18" cooling fan and position near you. I use one every gig with Glam band and it does keep you cooler.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, peteb said:

 

My concern for the blues gig at the bike rally tomorrow is the high pollen count and what it will be like in the marquee @ 8:30pm...! I have played a gig before while having a hay fever attack and it's interesting to say the least! It is forecast to be in the mid 80s at the rally - not bad for the north of England. 

 

My missus wants us to camp out and stay the whole weekend. That will depend on how bad my hay fever is... 

 

Not so good. I only occasionally suffer from hay fever but i'm on daily anti-histamines for past 20yrs or so.

Hopefully it'll be ok and you can enjoy the gig. Did get a tip from a guy that suffered badly was to rub some vaseline on inside of your nose to trap pollen. Not tried it but he swore by it.

Dave

[peteb]

1 minute ago, dmccombe7 said:

Not so good. I only occasionally suffer from hay fever but i'm on daily anti-histamines for past 20yrs or so.

Hopefully it'll be ok and you can enjoy the gig. Did get a tip from a guy that suffered badly was to rub some vaseline on inside of your nose to trap pollen. Not tried it but he swore by it.

Dave

 

I've been taking prescription anti-histamines (not the ones you get in a shop) in hay fever season since I've been a teenager. I do have some special beeswax type thing to wipe inside my nose, along with nasal sprays, etc. 

 

I once did a big blues festival type gig in Dundee once while having a major attack. It must have looked a bit strange to any eagle eyed punters to see a box of tissues on top of my rig, with the cover behind the cab half filled with used tissues - not exactly rock n'roll! It was actually a great gig in a pretty big packed venue, but I was relieved to get through it... 

 

[WalMan]

2 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

 

Cool,

 

Pete my concern for Saturday is the heat. It's going to be in the 90s.

 

There's a bass rig on stage. I'm only bringing an instrument stand, bass and my pedal board. 

 

Daryl

Probably won’t get to that at mine tomorrow night but it’s a small pub and I’ll be squashed into the alcove with the kit and behind the guitars so I should probably try to find my fan before I leave the house!!! 😵‍💫

[Bluewine]

3 hours ago, peteb said:

 

That looks cool Daryl...! 

 

I'm playing a big bike rally with the 'occasional' blues band this weekend. It's a big event, but not anywhere as near as big as that! 

 

 

Pete,

 

Take a close look at the Summerfest 1970 line up. Much more diverse than what we have now. And just think we're an hour north of Chicago the blues capital of the world and no more blues headliners at Summerfest. 

 

Daryl

Edited 4 hours ago by Bluewine

[Bluewine]

40 minutes ago, peteb said:

 

I've been taking prescription anti-histamines (not the ones you get in a shop) in hay fever season since I've been a teenager. I do have some special beeswax type thing to wipe inside my nose, along with nasal sprays, etc. 

 

I once did a big blues festival type gig in Dundee once while having a major attack. It must have looked a bit strange to any eagle eyed punters to see a box of tissues on top of my rig, with the cover behind the cab half filled with used tissues - not exactly rock n'roll! It was actually a great gig in a pretty big packed venue, but I was relieved to get through it... 

 

 

Dave,

 

Not rock & roll ? When I fell and broke my ankle a few weeks back a tube of Preparation H

( hemorrhoid cream ) fell out of my front pocket.

 

Daryl

Edited 4 hours ago by Bluewine

[Bluewine]

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Nice one Daryl, this is more how it should be for you guys.

Should be a fantastic experience.

Keep us posted on how it goes.

Dave

 

Thanks Dave,

 

It should be good. We've been playing Summerfest every year since 2009. However for the last 3 years we were relegated to what I call low profile kiddie stages. 

 

This is the first time in 3 years where we're back on a respectable and proper stage.

 

Daryl

Edited 4 hours ago by Bluewine

[peteb]

Just now, Bluewine said:

 

Dave,

 

Not rock & roll ? When I fell and broke my ankle a few weeks back a tube of Preparation H ( hemorrhoid cream ) fell out of my front pocket.

 

Daryl

 

Fortunately, the only time I've ever used Preparation H was to put on a new tattoo years ago! 

 

Summerfest looks like a great event - shame we don't really have anything similar this side of the pond. The bike rally I'm playing (the Farmyard Party) is one of the biggest ones in the north of England, not quite as big as Stormin' The Castle in the North East, but still about 6,000 people on site. They have a blues tent (stage) for the old school bikers who still like their blues - will probably have a few hundred people or so in there. Maybe a 2,000 for the main stage (that I last played about 8 years ago with a rock band). 

 

[peteb]

4 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

Thanks Dave,

 

It should be good. We've been playing Summerfest every year since 2009. However for the last 3 years we were relegated to what I call low profile kiddie stages. 

 

This is the first time in 3 years where we're back on a respectable and proper stage.

 

Daryl

 

It's always fun to be part of these big events, even if you're not on the main stage. 

 

[Bluewine]

10 minutes ago, peteb said:

 

Fortunately, the only time I've ever used Preparation H was to put on a new tattoo years ago! 

 

Summerfest looks like a great event - shame we don't really have anything similar this side of the pond. The bike rally I'm playing (the Farmyard Party) is one of the biggest ones in the north of England, not quite as big as Stormin' The Castle in the North East, but still about 6,000 people on site. They have a blues tent (stage) for the old school bikers who still like their blues - will probably have a few hundred people or so in there. Maybe a 2,000 for the main stage (that I last played about 8 years ago with a rock band). 

 

Pete,

 

Sounds like it should be pretty cool. And I'll take a few hundred in the crowd any day. 

 

And the line up from 1970 is just the headliners.

 

Daryl

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Bluewine

[Bluewine]

2 minutes ago, peteb said:

 

It's always fun to be part of these big events, even if you're not on the main stage. 

 

 True,

 

And you can run into some of the stars when we catch the shuttle Vans to the stage.

 

Daryl

[Stub Mandrel]

4 hours ago, Bluewine said:

We only got in because the band originally booked canceled. 

 

Who cares? Great opportunity! 

[casapete]

2 hours ago, peteb said:

 

Fortunately, the only time I've ever used Preparation H was to put on a new tattoo years ago! 

 

Summerfest looks like a great event - shame we don't really have anything similar this side of the pond. The bike rally I'm playing (the Farmyard Party) is one of the biggest ones in the north of England, not quite as big as Stormin' The Castle in the North East, but still about 6,000 people on site. They have a blues tent (stage) for the old school bikers who still like their blues - will probably have a few hundred people or so in there. Maybe a 2,000 for the main stage (that I last played about 8 years ago with a rock band). 

 

Hey Pete - I’m playing at this festival tomorrow too with The Alligators, also in the blues tent.

Think we may be on just before you - if so come and say hi?
Cheers, Pete. 

[Bluewine]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Who cares? Great opportunity! 

Yes, we were lucky. Getting a slot at Summerfest is all about politics and who you know.

 

Daryl