Does Anyone Let Strangers Sit In With Their Band at a Gig?

[bigredbass]

I'm disappointed he didn't say 'You'll never work in this town again !'.

My usual rejoinder was along the lines of 'If you were any good, you'd be on a gig instead of making a pain out of yourself to us'.  I suppose that's not really polite . . . I can't remember just how many times I wanted one of those seltzer bottle from a Three Stooges episode . . . . .

[rv_bass]

Nicely done, Bill, glad it had a positive outcome!   Oh, and I also play kazoo, but I only know how to play Bach pieces on it

[lbpesq]

And just when we decided to do all Mozart covers at the next gig.

Bill, tgo

[rv_bass]

[hankster]

It’s been so long since I had a gig I can’t remember my policy.

[edwardofhuncote]

It’s been so long since I had a gig I can’t remember my policy.

😆😆😆 Same here!


Josh and Gabe would usually huddle about it on set break, and compromise on a couple tunes with whoever wanted to sit in or sing a couple with the band. I can't say what happened to Bill TGO ever happened to us, or how measured the response to it would have been.


Probably the most fun sit-in I remember during my time in the band, both of my predecessors on bass joined us onstage during a show last year. The original bassist in the band, his replacement, and me, all at once. It wasn't planned, but it was fun. We posed for a picture together later.

[hankster]

Playing jazz that used to happen lot. My favourite was the time flautist Paul Horn sat in. He used his own flute though. But I loved having people sit in. Steve Piticco sat in with my band on my white-guard Tele once. He was more than welcome to it - one burning monster of a player. Basically I don’t mind if I know who they are. Stranger?  Not so much on my Alembic.

[rv_bass]

A classic sit in

[BeenDown139]

no sound on my computing machinery.  pete townshen's my favorite guit@r player too.  :-(

[rv_bass]

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[pauldo]

A classic sit in

And rather strange!  😃