Has this ever happened at your gig? Girls storm the stage.

Matthew Prouty · Post by **Matthew Prouty** » 26 Jan 2009 10:21 am

Well I missed the better part of the Phoenix show since I was playing all weekend out in Queen Creek at San Tan Flat, I actually only saw about 10 minutes of it when I dropped in to say hi to a few people.

Friday night we were wrapping up the last set at about 1am and there were about 10 girls right up at the edge of the stage demanding an encore, so being the nice gentlemen we are we played an encore song. About halfway through the song all these girls stormed the stage and I have one of those double-wide seats, kind of like a mini sofa, and one of these girls came over and sat down on the edge of it with me for the rest of the song.

Turns out these girls were from Canada, is this normal up there? Our bass player is ready to move to Canada if so.

m.

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 26 Jan 2009 10:24 am

It all depends on the size of the sock that the bass player shoves down into his pants.

Truthfully however, Canadian girls tend to move closer to the stage (not on the stage) than American girls do. Why they do this is beyond me.

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 26 Jan 2009 10:49 am

Matt; Do you still have the 65 RI Fender Twin~Reverb Custom™ 15? I hope it didn't get bumped!

Glen Derksen · Post by **Glen Derksen** » 26 Jan 2009 10:54 am

I've lived in Canada all my life and played guitar for 30 years, and that has never happened to me!

Billy Wilson · Post by **Billy Wilson** » 26 Jan 2009 10:59 am

Alchohol is wonderful thing

Rick Campbell · Post by **Rick Campbell** » 26 Jan 2009 11:05 am

Just the sight of a steel guitar drives women crazy. They throw their panties at you, bring you flowers, etc... and that's when I woke up.

Jerry Van Hoose · Post by **Jerry Van Hoose** » 26 Jan 2009 11:22 am

Uh......unfortunately, no.

Matthew Prouty · Post by **Matthew Prouty** » 26 Jan 2009 11:37 am

John, I parted ways with the Fender. I am now playing with a Stereo Steel and it is wonderful. The Fender was an awesome amp, but just too heavy even for me.

Got to give the Canadian girl(s) credit. They knew what a steel guitar is too.

Trevor Fagan · Post by **Trevor Fagan** » 26 Jan 2009 11:42 am

I was born and raised in Newfoundland, Canada... played around here for over 20 years.... and yes, girls up here are really, really friendly... and don't mind sharing the stage with you

Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 26 Jan 2009 11:49 am

Truthfully however, Canadian girls tend to move closer to the stage (not on the stage) than American girls do. Why they do this is beyond me.

Maybe to keep warmer???

Mike Schwartzman · Post by **Mike Schwartzman** » 26 Jan 2009 11:59 am

There must be something about 1 a.m. and as Billy said, "Alcohol is a wonderful thing".
Last month the same thing happened here in Md. Not 10, but 2 women wanted an encore and 1 came up on the bandstand begging me for encores and offered to trade another song for her friend removing a piece of her clothing to show the band a portion of her anatomy. Decorum here prevents an accurate description of the actual quote.
My steel guitar is very pretty, but truth be told: I can't play it all that well, I'm fairly old, and I ain't that pretty.

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 26 Jan 2009 12:04 pm

Anyone remember a club called Prime Country in Salem, Oregon? I was playing there 5 nights a week in 1980 and it used to get packed.

One night some girl had drank enough to think I wasn't too awful looking, and in the middle of a song she came up on the stage. She got up close behind me and put her hands inside my shirt and started running her hands all over my torso while I was sitting there playing steel.

I was pretty surprised of course, but not wanting to seem "uncool", made kindof a joke about it, opening my eyes wide and making silly faces, etc. The bouncer came up and pulled her off of me and escorted her off the stage.

Someone told me later she took a swing at the bouncer and got 86ed.

Darn bouncers!

Down here in Mexico they are not very formal about their stages... I'm used to "Musicians on stage ONLY!" ... but here, they get girls up to dance onstage quite often. Most any night we have 10-15 girls dancing along the front of the stage in some of the "up" tunes.

I'm old enough now that they don't put their hands in my shirt anymore...

Matthew Prouty · Post by **Matthew Prouty** » 26 Jan 2009 12:17 pm

I just love these stories.

m.

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 26 Jan 2009 2:01 pm

Jim Phelps wrote: She got up close behind me and put her hands inside my shirt and started running her hands all over my torso while I was sitting there playing steel.

That's usually about the time the wife decides to drop and listen to her darling husband play his music.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 26 Jan 2009 3:02 pm

Used to play at The Touch of Gold joint. Next door was a strip club. Every once in a while, girls would come over and entice customers to switch, er,,, venues. On stage. Clothes comin' off! Fun!, even though it was pretty much only the "back view" for me! I've always enjoyed the "back view!"

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 26 Jan 2009 3:10 pm

Trevor Fagan wrote:I was born and raised in Newfoundland, Canada... played around here for over 20 years.... and yes, girls up here are really, really friendly... and don't mind sharing the stage with you

I can back this up.

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 26 Jan 2009 3:33 pm

A good white wine always goes well together with a pretty girl !

Paul Norman · Post by **Paul Norman** » 26 Jan 2009 3:42 pm

I think I will move to Canada. Do you think they
like old men??

ray qualls · Post by **ray qualls** » 26 Jan 2009 4:04 pm

Back when I was younger and married, I used to turn all the girls heads! Now that I'm old and divorced, all I turn is their stomachs!

Paul Norman · Post by **Paul Norman** » 26 Jan 2009 4:06 pm

Ray at least you are still turning.

ray qualls · Post by **ray qualls** » 26 Jan 2009 4:36 pm

Paul. I know that I'm turning envious of these guys who live in Canada!

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 26 Jan 2009 4:42 pm

I'm serious. It's nuts up here. One of the guys in our band is 60 and the young girls are all over him. They love Sandy, don't they Trev?

Just the other night a 21 year-old approached him and asked if he was Robert Plant.

Here's our lead singer, Larry, getting mauled on a typical gig:

....and believe me, we're doing Jones or Haggard here, not Rascal Flatts!

Don Discher · Post by **Don Discher** » 26 Jan 2009 4:46 pm

Most of the gals were I've been playing lately have trouble getting their walkers up on the stage so they just sit in them 'til we're done,he,he. That blue hair sure does look good under the colored lights !

Clinton Erb · Post by **Clinton Erb** » 26 Jan 2009 4:55 pm

Chris LeDrew wrote:I'm serious. It's nuts up here. One of the guys in our band is 60 and the young girls are all over him. They love Sandy, don't they Trev? Just the other night a 21 year-old approached him and asked if he was Robert Plant.

Here's our lead singer, Larry, getting mauled on a typical gig:

....and believe me, we're doing Jones or Haggard here, not Rascal Flatts!

Lucky!!!

And at this point I don't care about the girls...

Glen Derksen · Post by **Glen Derksen** » 26 Jan 2009 5:03 pm

Maybe I should move to Newfoundland!

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