DON'T TRUST THE SOUND MAN

[Nemoguitt@aol.com]

just got in from my gig opening for SUGAR DADDY AND THE BIG BONED 
GALS.....went in 2 hours early for a sound check....."we supply all the 
speakers etc.".....the sound guy took all my inputs and rearranged them in my 
mixer and sent it out to his console.....for about 2 mins this sounded ok 
(total sound check) but i was worried and not quite happy.....i am not a 
great or even good player, but i do pride myself in "my sound".....WELL, 8:00 
o'clock comes and the first note i hit sounds like *shit* and i begin to get 
worried.....this is nothing like what we had set up and his configuration 
totally freaked me, things were not where they should have been.....where was 
the sound guy, NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.....yikes, the show must go on and no one 
wants to see a 53 year old man cry, although i was sweating like a pig in the 
sahara, so thankfully they could not see my tears.....IT WAS AWFUL, i had no 
control of anything, boy does that make you feel like being 
adventuresome.....then after cutting it about 10 mins. short everyone comes 
up and says "wow that was cool " and LIES to that effect.....thankfully the 
WILD TURKEY (sorry no scotch) kicked in and i did not burn my guitar and 
rang.....i will never play through someone elses system again.....in fact, 
this solo thing is getting to weird, i need other warm bodies to help the 
tunes out.....sorry for such a goofy post but if i cant share this with you 
all who can i share it with.....:(m