Pat,
I’ve got to admit, the applause is good. My favorite show that I’ve ever played was in a restaurant that had started having acoustic acts there every Saturday night. They were having some pretty high end performers like Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Newgrass Revival, Norman Blake, John McEuen, John Hartford, etc. The place was always packed, but that only meant about 200 people.
I was surprised when the owner approached me to play there with my duo since he’d never had a local act or unknown performers there before. He’d attended a party where my friend and I were playing and he liked what he heard.
The audience was exactly the way I like, … they sat down, shut up, listened attentively and applauded enthusiastically. We played for about 3 hours and the songs were all my originals, with the exception of 3 covers and a couple of fiddle tunes. I told the audience about the inspiration behind each song, cracked jokes and talked to them between sets. People were asking to buy CD’s, but we didn’t have any because we were just a couple of local yokels playing for fun.
The owner booked us again after our show for the next opening, which was a couple of months later. Unfortunately, he had to declare bankruptcy before our next gig. I think he went broke hiring some of the big name acts like Ricky Skaggs.
That night was invigorating. The trouble is, there’s not many places around like that.
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