In the 70s I played 3 nights a week to full house clubs and made decent money.
In the 80s I played weekends at Blues Clubs in NYC mostly for free.
Then it dried up.

I moved upstate NY, 1987 and there were bands playing every night. I got gigs like the 70s. Lots of rock and country. Very roudy bars and clubs. Even played Motorcycle Races. They were scary gigs. Very rough crowds and outdoors. One country biker club, we played behind a metal mesh to block the beer bottles. Too many drunks and fights.

By 1990 DJs filled the bars and clubs and it was over up here.
I played my last paying gig the summer of 1989, to a crowd of about 10.

After that I played for free at churches and homes for the disabled.
By 2000 I was done.
Wayne,