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Originally Posted by kane
It used to be, back in 70's and 80's and even into the early 90's, that most bands started out playing anywhere they could and toured
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I remember playing The Silver Dollar Saloon in Flynt Michigan (and no...we usually played big ass clubs that held from 800 to 2000 or more people) and on the wall of the club the owner had all the contracts that bands had signed to play the club.
It was an older rock club. He had Aerosmith's contract when they played there a week, KISS, ZZ Top, and a bunch of other really big rock bands that had played the circuit when they started out and had played that club.
It was always pretty cool to see stuff like that.
And yeah...I've seen some of the most talented people in the world who never get to "make it".
I remember going to an after hours little dive in Jackson, Mississippi after we finished our gig. It was like 4 in the morning and I went there with a group of whores...and there was a guy playing open tuned slide guitar in a rock/blues band who was every bit as good as Ry Cooder playing slide. I just stood there with my jaw on the ground. Felt embarrassed that we were playing the "Big" club in town with all the stuff that came along with that while he was playing a shit hole and was just loaded with talent.