Silverthorn

So we had a gig at the Primrose on Saturday.  And it went really well, etc etc.  But here’s the thing. We’ve done quite a few of these multi-band gigs now.  And every time at least one of the bands hasn’t turned up – sometimes more than one. Like on Saturday, there should have been 4 bands and we were supposed to play for about 45 minutes. But one band cancelled and another just didn’t show up, eventually replying to the organiser’s text message 10 minutes before they were due to start.  How rude is that?  I mean, if something prevented me from getting to a gig I would let them know well in advance.  And it would have to be a really good reason, like losing both my legs in a paragliding accident. Or if it wasn’t a really good reason, I would at least have the courtesy to make up a really good reason, like ‘our drummer’s just died’. When I said this Adam asked why it was him that had to die and I honestly didn’t mean it personally…

This has happened so many times that I’m beginning to wonder if musicians are naturally ruder and less courteous than other people. And if they are, is it that being a musician makes you rude or is it that rude people are more likely to become musicians? Or is it just that we are living in a particularly uncivilised society today?

Saying that, apparently the band’s message was that they had ‘lost their bass player’.  I’m not sure if this means lost as in misplaced, lost as in ‘fallen out with’, or dead. If it’s the latter I feel pretty rotten for saying all of this.  However if they have just misplaced their bass player, well that’s just careless. Maybe they should consider investing in some kind of electronic tagging system or something.