I'm Done

Bo Legg · Post by **Bo Legg** » 4 Dec 2014 5:59 pm

After all these years Iâ€™m through playing in bands no matter the venue.
A lot of them consisted of deadbeats who are using instruments they borrowed and never took back.
They donâ€™t pay their child support and/or have outstanding warrants or the repo guy is trying to locate them, .

I sure got tired of being the designated driver over the last 50 yrs with my only thanks being interrogated by cops while standing in the cold on the side of the road with a bunch of drunks looking out of the widows and laughing.
My only crime being the cops saw us parked at the bar.

Over that period of time Iâ€™ve heard about every con there is to try to extort money from me.
I can truly say I have played all over the US, Alaska and Hawaii with the absolute crude of creation.
That was a picnic compared to having to play with these tone deaf local weekend kitchen band retards whoâ€™s livesâ€™ seem to revolve around the $20 a week they make playing for the door.

I think the real excitement that kept me going all these years was just when I thought Iâ€™d seen everything the band would come up with some disastrous sht that would top it.

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 4 Dec 2014 7:01 pm

You're beginning to sound just like me a few years back.

I was nearly run off the Forum for my views but they sounded a lot like yours........

In all seriousness, it is a shame.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 4 Dec 2014 7:03 pm

I just got tired,,,,,,....

John Hopkin · Post by **John Hopkin** » 4 Dec 2014 7:26 pm

hahahaha...classic!!

Tommy Allison · Post by **Tommy Allison** » 4 Dec 2014 7:33 pm

Aw Bo, don't sugar coat it, tell us how you really feel.

Ben Lawson · Post by **Ben Lawson** » 4 Dec 2014 9:12 pm

I just might be next Bo.

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 4 Dec 2014 9:33 pm

Every time I think I'm out,they pull me back in!

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 4 Dec 2014 10:53 pm

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 5 Dec 2014 1:31 am

So does this mean you won't come play a gig with me ?

John Booth · Post by **John Booth** » 5 Dec 2014 2:13 am

Hang in there guys. After all these years I'm finally working with
a promoter that books good venues, pays fairly and everyone cares
about the music.
I don't play a lot of shows, but the ones I do play are fun.
I don't now about y'all, but I live for that few seconds that everything is right.

Alan Tanner · Post by **Alan Tanner** » 5 Dec 2014 3:50 am

I feel your pain....believe me, I feel your pain........

Bud Angelotti · Post by **Bud Angelotti** » 5 Dec 2014 5:41 am

Pray to the water-buffalo for strength Bo.
Thats it - now make them strings sing!

Floyd Lowery · Post by **Floyd Lowery** » 5 Dec 2014 6:06 am

Oh my, you have put up with a lot. I hired a bass player one time that had to borrow a bass. He said he would buy one. After about 6 months, and he was still borrowing, I fired him. It would not have worked with me being the designated driver either. I did great to have never been arrested for a DUI. I'm sure you will find some decent musicians that are able to qualify as respectable people.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 5 Dec 2014 6:10 am

I've been playing in bands since 1959. Some good, some great, some bad. I'm still playing and have considered quitting and start being retired. When it gets to the point I can't do it or can't carry my equipment then I'll stop.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 5 Dec 2014 6:25 am

I'm sure your band mates are gonna miss you, Bo. You sound like a really fun guy to be with in a band.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 5 Dec 2014 6:47 am

Tom Gorr wrote:I think it's critically important to be proactive in choosing the people you wish to be successful with. Whether spouse, coworkers.customers..friends..band mates..

Life improves immeasureably when a person is proactive about the people in their life.

The company we keep matters far greater than I ever realized in my naive youth.

Great comments!

Patient: "Doctor, Doctor...It hurts when I do this."
Doctor: "Well, then don't do that!"

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 5 Dec 2014 7:10 am

Jack Stoner wrote:I've been playing in bands since 1959. Some good, some great, some bad. I'm still playing and have considered quitting and start being retired. When it gets to the point I can't do it or can't carry my equipment then I'll stop.

Well I'm a couple years behind Jack, but when I can't carry me gear anymore I'll have my wife do it, she's 8 years younger than me !

Bo Legg · Post by **Bo Legg** » 5 Dec 2014 8:16 am

Herb Steiner wrote:I'm sure your band mates are gonna miss you, Bo. You sound like a really fun guy to be with in a band.

shucks Herb! you didn't have to say that.
If I were surrounded by the great musicians at all times like Herb is I might tend to be sarcastic regarding this topic as well.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 5 Dec 2014 9:05 am

I find that retiring from Music is real easy thing to do. I have done it at least a three times a year since 91 :loL. I have to say unlike Bo (although I have met a few ) I have been blessed to have worked with many great pickers who are still my good friends. I can usually stay retired until I find myself amongst them. Just like the photo above. "Just when I thought I was out, They keep pulling me back in". Thank God for them.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 5 Dec 2014 9:12 am

Bo
I'm assuming you're an excellent player who only by circumstance was saddled with unfortunate band situations, but if you're seeking sarcasm, you need look no further than the Original Post. It reads quite harshly.

Malcolm McMaster · Post by **Malcolm McMaster** » 5 Dec 2014 9:58 am

I pulled the plug in October, many reasons, very little work, poor money,long journeys etc etc .

Dick Wood · Post by **Dick Wood** » 5 Dec 2014 10:21 am

I'm never quitting. Well,that's what my wife has told me anyway.

Jamie Mitchell · Post by **Jamie Mitchell** » 5 Dec 2014 10:44 am

Herb Steiner wrote:I'm sure your band mates are gonna miss you, Bo. You sound like a really fun guy to be with in a band.

bwhahahaha!

my experience is so different from the OPs that I don't even know how to relate.
anywhere from many to most of the musicians I play with are my closest comrades. beautiful, wonderful people living interesting lives. kind, generous (and poor!) people.
the better players higher up in the scene seem to be more that way too.

I'm not trying to suggest it's all love and flowers and roses - I am, by nature, bitter and cynical - but I am about to leave Denver, playing my last few gigs with my crew, and I'm alternating between tears and fits of genuine laughter. That's it, right there, for me.

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admin · Post by **b0b** » 5 Dec 2014 10:44 am

Dick Wood wrote:I'm never quitting. Well,that's what my wife has told me anyway.

Clone that woman right now!

Dick Wood · Post by **Dick Wood** » 5 Dec 2014 10:50 am

b0b , it's da money.

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