I also like these two trippy photos. If I squint at the second one, I'd swear that's Keith Moon in his mod striped shirt! And I can see you guys had a Vox Continental organ. Awesome...I was only a few years old then, but I gotta think that was the best time to be in a band, '63 to '68. At least that's my favorite period...
From someone who was there gigging in bands from 1958--1968 before a hiatus, I can assure you that it was a great time to be in a working Rock n Roll band.
How many of you guys remember what you charged at the door back in the 60's.
We charged $1.25 for a ticket to get in from 1967-1969.
If we contracted a dance we got $125.00.
$25.00 for expences. $100.00 split four ways. We thought we were rich. lol
All in all, like said above. It was a lot of fun.
From 1962 on, the five of us never played a gig for less than $50 a man for local gigs. We would travel as far as 300 or so miles for no less than $100 each. My daughter and son in law gig in Austin where the prevailing gig money often is a matter of negative cash flow for the musicians playing the gigs. DJs are providing canned music for about the same money our band earned in the 60's. Most bands make very little money playing the few gigs that are available. I suppose that, if I were just starting out, I would have no basis of comparison for how it once was.
The first two are from 1966 brand new Cleveland Rogers and the last is two years later with more added to set ahh yes Vox amps and saturday nights good times
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My first drumset.
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Playing my dad's Ludwig Butcher Block.
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Playing a 70's Ludwig.
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My grandpa and I "sitting-in".
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Okay, here it goes:1st pic - april 2008, our first gig. I had those terrible new Stagg drums and even more horrible sticks with such trashed tips that nowdays, I wouldn't dare to so much as touch a drum with them. All the cymbals were borrowed from a drummer from the next band and I only used hi-hats anyway (had them set on closed - I didn't know how to use my left foot. Not that I know that now)[IMG]http://img8.rajce.idnes.cz/d0803/5/5032/5032617_fc2a519e7b31d5e33980bda6432fef12/images/1.jpg[/IMG]2nd pic - april 2010, annual gig. I already had my beloved Sonor Force 2007 drums - not vintage, but very nice drums, especially after two years of owning Stagg. I still used two rack toms then. I also started to really enjoy drumming...[IMG]http://img8.rajce.idnes.cz/d0803/5/5032/5032617_fc2a519e7b31d5e33980bda6432fef12/images/2.jpg[/IMG]3rd pic - may/june 2011, practice for school performance of musical Rebelové (Rebels), consisting of 60s Czech pop music (mostly american pop music with czech lyrics, or some old swing, wich was hated by communists untill rock'n'roll came.) You can see a little bit of my Amatis and a bigger bit of our saxophonist and lead singer.[IMG]http://img8.rajce.idnes.cz/d0803/5/5032/5032617_fc2a519e7b31d5e33980bda6432fef12/images/3.jpg[/IMG]4th pic - may 2011. Result of my bad left-hand technique. It hurt like hell, but I was slightly drunk and really high on endorphines, adrenaline and testosterone at the time (it was a REALLY good gig), so I just enjoyed all the blood coming out of me, scaring people.[IMG]http://img8.rajce.idnes.cz/d0803/5/5032/5032617_fc2a519e7b31d5e33980bda6432fef12/images/4.jpg[/IMG]
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