Sat my band Aint Yo Mama played the Rally To Remember, a bike rally for Ahlziemers. This was thru a local organization in Memphis Tn in the parking lot of a McCalisters Deli. We had radio support with the local 98.1 The Max and they were on site and also mced the event.
I booked these gig back a few monthes. Never knowing that our area would be under Heat Advisorys for the day. We had lined up an opening band to start the show, and then later the organization that hired us added a second band to play after us. Our part of the day was scheduling during the drawings auctions and other activitys. Friday evening I get a call from the band that I got in touch with to open this event. Their bassist had symptoms of a heartattack and was in the hospital for observation so they had to cancel. Joey if you read this I hope Ron is doing ok. I will say if he had any weakness's of the heart he didnt need to be at this event. When I pulled in the parking lot at 10 am to setup the temp on my truck thermometer was 96 degrees. Originally Budweiser was supposed to supply one of their covered stages, that fell thru. The McCalisters Deli where the event was located has a ffairly large sidewalk porch, so when the stage fell thru I told the gal that got in contact with me fine we will set up on the porch. 2 days before the event the head lady said no we want them in the parking lot. Im glad I had sense enough to say we need shade. When I got there they had a large enough tent for the band. I was then told that the other group scheduled had cancelled also so it was up to us to entertain from 12:30 til 6! Thank goodness for carrying a lot of gig cds with lots of music with us to fill the holes.
By the time we played the temp was around 100, heat index around 110, but you guys know sitting on blacktop that theres no telling what the real temp was. We did bring a couple of huge box fans to keep the air moving. It helped but the air felt hot.
This event had a bike poker run, I think they said they had 290 entrants, a little less than the 500 they thought they would have.
Anyway we played our tails off in the heat as best we could, of course the crowd that was there was more miserable than we were. They were hiding on the patio, sidewalks and any other shade that the parking lot had. Kinda weird looking out and no one there. For s couple of intermissions they had belly dancers, which normally I would be diggin on the women but as hot as it was I was just glad to have a break from playing while they performed. We also had local DJ Danni Bruns there to mc and do the drawings and auctions. Funny I thought when they said Danni was coming they were talking about a guy. And for all of you like me that think DJ women are on the radio cause they are overweight and fat, well Danni proved all that wrong. Heres a couple of pics.
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I booked these gig back a few monthes. Never knowing that our area would be under Heat Advisorys for the day. We had lined up an opening band to start the show, and then later the organization that hired us added a second band to play after us. Our part of the day was scheduling during the drawings auctions and other activitys. Friday evening I get a call from the band that I got in touch with to open this event. Their bassist had symptoms of a heartattack and was in the hospital for observation so they had to cancel. Joey if you read this I hope Ron is doing ok. I will say if he had any weakness's of the heart he didnt need to be at this event. When I pulled in the parking lot at 10 am to setup the temp on my truck thermometer was 96 degrees. Originally Budweiser was supposed to supply one of their covered stages, that fell thru. The McCalisters Deli where the event was located has a ffairly large sidewalk porch, so when the stage fell thru I told the gal that got in contact with me fine we will set up on the porch. 2 days before the event the head lady said no we want them in the parking lot. Im glad I had sense enough to say we need shade. When I got there they had a large enough tent for the band. I was then told that the other group scheduled had cancelled also so it was up to us to entertain from 12:30 til 6! Thank goodness for carrying a lot of gig cds with lots of music with us to fill the holes.
By the time we played the temp was around 100, heat index around 110, but you guys know sitting on blacktop that theres no telling what the real temp was. We did bring a couple of huge box fans to keep the air moving. It helped but the air felt hot.
This event had a bike poker run, I think they said they had 290 entrants, a little less than the 500 they thought they would have.
Anyway we played our tails off in the heat as best we could, of course the crowd that was there was more miserable than we were. They were hiding on the patio, sidewalks and any other shade that the parking lot had. Kinda weird looking out and no one there. For s couple of intermissions they had belly dancers, which normally I would be diggin on the women but as hot as it was I was just glad to have a break from playing while they performed. We also had local DJ Danni Bruns there to mc and do the drawings and auctions. Funny I thought when they said Danni was coming they were talking about a guy. And for all of you like me that think DJ women are on the radio cause they are overweight and fat, well Danni proved all that wrong. Heres a couple of pics.
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"A winks as good as nod to a blind man"
It went off great. I got there about 4 p.m. on Friday and set up the PA myself although I had some much appreciated help unloading my van. I had to keep a towel on hand to wipe the sweat out of my eyes the whole time I was working. About 6 p.m. a light shower came along and cooled things down a bit. Most people didn't even take cover, but just sat in it and enjoyed it, only covering their beers to keep them from getting watered down. 