Another Sunday, gigs just played Friday and Saturday. I took the Cigar Box for the first time this weekend and played an hour each night on it, the other two hours regular guitar. We started the set with some CBG, standards like 'Mojo Workin' and 'Shake your money maker'.

What seemed consistent though was that the second the instrument was produced, on both nights, several large and mean looking men looked at me and said 'WHAT THE F**K IS THAT' !!!!! 'YOU CANT PLAY THAT' !!!! 'WE WANT TO SEE A REAL BAND' !!!!! Anyway, after the first two numbers, the same mean looking people come up with beer and say, YOU CAN REALLY PLAY THAT F**KING THING, have a drink. !!!!!

And I got paid at the end of the evening. Free beer and money, happy days.

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Comment by ChickenboneJohn on April 22, 2012 at 8:48pm

Well done Ralph..spreading the word. Kev...I think that's a real credit to you, being asked back...and your'e  so right.. be yourself, don't pretend to be someone else..it does come across..that's probably why Moctor Feelgood or whoever they are  weren't asked again.  

Comment by HOLLOWBELLY on April 20, 2012 at 1:09am

nice job man.

Comment by Richard G Caudill on April 18, 2012 at 3:05pm

U don t get beer an money cause u ugly  Clock !

Comment by Chillicool on April 16, 2012 at 1:34am

I had the same response from a Dr Feelgood trib band who's PA & amp I used at a Bikers music bash last year...the wannabee Wilko Johnson asked me what the F#ck I was plugging in...anyway the Bikers have asked me back to play again this year..they've not asked the pretend Dr Feelgood.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 16, 2012 at 1:07am

Clock,

 

No one has ever fed you beer and compliments?

Comment by Ralph Cardall on April 15, 2012 at 12:10pm
It all depends on the gig. Imagine a pub with a few drunk guys that stand nose to nose with you while your playing and growl...'play oasis'....
Not all pubs, just some, lol.
Comment by Clock The Wolf on April 15, 2012 at 12:05pm

Odd. No one has ever done that to me...

Comment by Uncle John on April 15, 2012 at 4:44am

Well, I don't like rudeness, but I like how things turned out.  Good for you.  And good songs. 

Comment by Sharecropper on April 15, 2012 at 3:44am

 Thank you !  A victory for one of us in the Cigarbox Nation is a victory for us all !   Carry on.       Cheers !!!

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 15, 2012 at 1:45am

Ralph,

 

Did they feed you beer and compliments after you played your regular guitar, too? The real music lovers in the crowd would have; I've seen your vids. Good on yer. 

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