Though our target market is events, we do the occasional club gig. Like last night at Jose's. A six-piece band playing a club in Fayetteville just isn't going to make enough to pay that health insurance premium for the month. So why would we do it?
Number one, it can be a lot fun. You can invite your family and friends. You can try out new material or play material that you couldn't play at a country club gig (that extended version of "Whipping Post," for example). You can dress as you like. You can basically let your hair down (if you have hair). You don't have to worry about whether or not people are dancing and you don't have to play that request for "Brick House" (unless you just feel like it).
When we play events, we're buttoned up and professional about it. People are paying a premium, and we want to give them exactly what they want. It's their gig. But when we play clubs, we claim a little of that for ourselves.
We hope you'll come out to George's and see us next Friday.
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