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Rock Tales
#207-Jay
Vaquer
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- Last month I went to check out The Shootout at the Loft. While
I was there Rebecca Wright ask me to come to open mic night and
jam. She told me to call her and she'd give me a good time slot.
So I got my sister Gloria and my son Djae to rehearse some real
music to play down there. I called Rebecca and she said we'd go
on at 11:30. We packed our gear and drove down about 10:00. When
we got to the door, some guy with a beard said we had to pay a
cover charge to get in. I told him we were scheduled to play at
11:30 and he said that did not matter everybody had to pay. I
turned to Gloria and said I can't handle the greed, let's get
out of here. The cover charge was not to pay the entertainment,
they were not even going to give the entertainers a free beer
and the place was packed with customers buying drinks and
enjoying the entertainment. I refused to go in but Gloria wanted
to sing for some friends so we waited outside until they finally
called us at 12:30 and the cover was lifted. We did our songs
and some other people came on stage and we backed them but I
could not wait to leave. I cannot support any club that treats
musicians like dirt. I will not support the Loft or any of it's
functions until they get a grip. I would also advise all
musicians to stay away, refuse to pay the cover to play while
they make money off of you on open mic night, and look for
another club to hang out. It is too bad we don't have a strong
Musician's Union here in Columbus to blackball the Loft because
they certainly deserve it when they show disrespect towards
musicians
Rock Lesson #207- Never play the sucker.
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