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In Reply to: Technicolor Dream Coat? How'd you like to play 10 months..... posted by Rick W on February 3, 2007 at 10:46:38:
I know better than to trade horror stories with you! Hell, 45 Nutcrackers only caused mild brain damage this time! And I've done 100+ show runs of Phantom, but at least that's quasi-music.And Rick, part of being a professional is making sure the earplugs are in the bag--along with the magazine! THEN you check and see if you have enough reeds for the show.
Meanwhile, the *only* thing I won't play--ever again--is the circus. Might drive me to see a shrink!
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play a weekend with the Big Apple circus one time. Believe it or not it was good music and a good band, and not even non-stop playing. I once took a couple of kids to the *regular* circus and sat about 5 rows down from the band. I couldn't believe they were still alive after the show, and they had two more shows to do that day. Yowza!
When my kids were little, we took them to the Ringling Bros. circus, and I gotta tell you, the band was great. What stuck out for me was that the brass players had incredible chops, and the drummer was remarkeably inventive for such a venue. Those were some very talented and dedicated professionals playing in what had to be abominable circumstances.
The worst thing was when Armando missed his triple flip and you had to go back to the top . . . anyone got the suicide hotline number?
....consisted of 6 weeks with the Shrine Circus (George Carden) in Flint, Saginaw, and Detroit. That was a nightmare mostly because of the incompetent, crooked, AND drug addled con man who claimed to be the leader of the band. He stole a week of the band's pay, and vanished with a rental car--actually a Ford Bronco. The truck was found on the side of the freeway outside the city, and our fearless leader was found face-down outside a crackhouse in Detroit. We hired a new keyboardist who could actually play, and I conducted the band for the last week and a half or so. Other than that it was mostly just wierd because circus culture is other-worldly to be sure. Rick's ALW gig sounds far scarier to my ears.
dh
My circus experience was like a story-book compared to youse guys.Never again, though. I should have known when I showed up for the rehearsal and there was a book on my stand, five inches thick, that said "First Half."
...to George Carden's credit, he immidiately paid the band the amount of money that the other guy had stolen. We didn't get screwed THAT bad. Of course, after the upaid rehearsals and below scale-pay I was a little miffed when the Union showed up for the first time on the last day to get our names so they could collect their dues from us. Man, I was pissed. Mark, I think you've seen me tell this one before....Okay, take a deep breath.....it's all in the past......whew! All better now.:-)
dh
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