Highest paying gig you ever worked?

Al Udeen · Post by **Al Udeen** » 25 Jun 2001 6:19 pm

What was your highest paying gig? I had a couple, "several years back", that really stood out!,we wont talk about the lowest paying ones.

Richard Bass · Post by **Richard Bass** » 25 Jun 2001 9:35 pm

This is my BEST WEEK. Monday: Nashville Now TV show, Tuesday: another Tv taping featuring Farons album on Step One. Wed. - Sat. Branson' While in Branson two nites were recorded for a live album. This weeks income was in the neighborhood of 2500.00$. Without a doubt my best week ever. PS: This does not include the 30.00$ I made at Gabes on Sunday. Richard

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 26 Jun 2001 1:08 am

My highest was a New Years Eve party and payed $1200.00 a man.
Ricky

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 26 Jun 2001 6:16 am

$1000 for a Johnny Bush/Willie Nelson "Legends of Country Music" show on TNN back in 1994. Out of 17 musicians, I was the only Union member, so I was leader on the date. Otherwise, it would have been $500.

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Scott Moon · Post by **Scott Moon** » 26 Jun 2001 6:29 am

Herb!!! I got short changed then...I only got $375 for that show!!! They "Mickey Roed" Me!!!!!!LMAO

Scott

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 26 Jun 2001 6:42 am

Being a "hobby" musician, the only gig I have ever been paid for, I drove from Arlington, Tx. to Kilgore, Tx., (approximately 100 miles) played about an hour and a half and drove home. The pay was $25.00.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 26 Jun 2001 7:03 am

Scott
The $1K was gross, after the taxes were withheld, it was more like $800. So you weren't "'Roe'd' hard and put up wet," so to speak.

Ain't too many gigs where I get paid more than Johnny Bush, though! It does occasionally pay to be a Union member.

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Rick Schmidt · Post by **Rick Schmidt** » 26 Jun 2001 7:35 am

My "Milleneum" NYE gig @ $1500 + tips....which seemed great at the time, until I found out how much the bandleader/agent made(who was a total hack musically BTW)...That !@#$%^ "businessman" made more than the whole rest of the band combined!!! Am I whining?

Pat Jenkins · Post by **Pat Jenkins** » 26 Jun 2001 9:44 am

Can I include the cost of free drinks and peanuts in what I got paid?
Pat

chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 26 Jun 2001 9:46 am

The movie "Lost Boys", 5 days, $10k.

Joan Cox · Post by **Joan Cox** » 26 Jun 2001 10:12 am

News Years Eve one year I got $225.00. My first paying job I ever played I got $15.00 a night and all the sodas I wanted. I figured I'd made the big time. And a free cheeseburger too, if I wanted one. I think that's a pretty good paying job!! I loved it.

Joan Cox

Kevin Lamb · Post by **Kevin Lamb** » 26 Jun 2001 10:55 am

My next door neighbor gave me $25 to stop playing Saturday night. Does this count?
kevin

Bobby Bowman · Post by **Bobby Bowman** » 26 Jun 2001 11:17 am

$1500. Was an awful gig, but I'd like a few more of 'em from time to time.

BB

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Bill Terry · Post by **Bill Terry** » 26 Jun 2001 1:21 pm

New Years Eve a couple of years ago at the Big Spring CC, Big Spring, TX, we made 450.00 each. We bid the same gig the next year for $25.00 more per man and lost it...

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Roger Edgington · Post by **Roger Edgington** » 26 Jun 2001 2:12 pm

The last several NYE gigs I made $400+. Thats OK the way I see it for a 7 peice local band.

Tim Rowley · Post by **Tim Rowley** » 26 Jun 2001 3:25 pm

$400 apiece, 5 piece band, = $2000.00. This was a for a wedding in 1999. It was actually kind of an easy gig and they threw in a 4-course dinner for all of us and our spouses.

Tim R.

Lem Smith · Post by **Lem Smith** » 26 Jun 2001 5:02 pm

Wow...you guys are gonna ruin the whole "You can makes tens of dollars playing steel" tradition at this rate!

Lem

Bob Hayes · Post by **Bob Hayes** » 26 Jun 2001 9:34 pm

One time, in over 40 years of playing (something) I made $500 on a NYE gig a few years back. I recently made a wopping $16.00 for a short nite outside job...and hade to pay for my diet coke and hot dog!!.But what the heck..it's the enjoyment I get JUST to play

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 27 Jun 2001 2:36 am

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Randy Beavers · Post by **Randy Beavers** » 27 Jun 2001 3:13 am

Someone needs to start a post of
"The most a gig ever COST you to play".

Danny Naccarato · Post by **Danny Naccarato** » 27 Jun 2001 5:09 am

$2k, for a live album we did w/Janie at Billy Bob's last year. Ummmm, never did get released as the producer went belly-up!!

chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 27 Jun 2001 5:28 pm

I played the 37th annual striptease convention, it didn't pay much, but the scenery was impressive

MUSICO · Post by **MUSICO** » 28 Jun 2001 4:49 am

$3.000 for 3 minutes on TV....also will be getting another $2.000 for author's rights at the end of the year for that same appearance.

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