General Music Chat

so, i'm coming up on one yr playing bass w The 121's...the "house band" at Midway Truck Stop just west of columbia mo on I-70. we play three weekends on, and one off and i'm still enjoying it. really good band of talented musicians and we play older honky tonk, classic country, rock, and blues. none of this vapid current "contemporary country" nascar pop swill.

it's nice having a steady gig and i'm still able to do my gigs w my other bands as they have a few fill-in bassplayers who can cover for me when necessary.

anyway, we're playing there this past weekend. there's this old gal that comes up after our last tune, the lights have come up and the bartender is yelling at the crowd..."y'all need to get going now". we're well into getting our instruments packed away.

so, she's probably in her mid 60's i'd say....looks like 100 miles of bad road, been rode hard and put away wet. she asks for another tune. we politely inform her we're done. she says " well if i show you my tits will y'all play another song?" i had to look to see if she was smiling and maybe joking (i was hoping). she was not!

i wanted to say "honey, if you DON'T show us your tits, we'll take our instruments out and play ANOTHER SET!"

ya meet the most interesting folks in this line of work! yep, it's a pretty glamorous lifestyle.

It's sounds fun, that's really about all I need to be interested in that happy jazz roadhouse truck stop schtick.

Have a good time and don't forget to come home before dawn !!! (waiving) lol

Some people just like to play and the women who show their tits don't hurt either.

(Come on baby, don't forget the fake one) lol (We wanna see that one too!) (It's a train wreck but you just have to look.)