[email protected]
Member
Hiya gang,
Well, it had to happen eventually -- I've been playing dive bars for 10 or so years, and Saturday night I got to witness my first bar fight from the stage. We'd just finished "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes and in the corner farthest from us, some guy starts wailing on another. Tables getting knocked over, total chaos. We didn't go into the next song, just kind of watched in stunned amazement. Our singer kind of moved back and crouched against the wall, and I went and stood in front of her in a sort of half-@ssed attempt at chivalry.
Eventually the owner, who is a 30-something hot chick with tats and piercings all over the place, and is also retired USMC, shoved them out the door, yelling "No fights in my #@$%&* bar!" Deputies showed up, took one guy to the ground and the other to jail.
Bartender comes back to us and says, "Start playing again and let's get this night back to normal." So we did, and it worked
I'm not at all a violent person, so I really didn't like having this happen. Anyone have any stories about similar situations? What did/would you do?
We played great, though; afterward my bandmates and I agreed it was the best gig -- musically -- we'd had yet. Go figure.
CV
Well, it had to happen eventually -- I've been playing dive bars for 10 or so years, and Saturday night I got to witness my first bar fight from the stage. We'd just finished "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes and in the corner farthest from us, some guy starts wailing on another. Tables getting knocked over, total chaos. We didn't go into the next song, just kind of watched in stunned amazement. Our singer kind of moved back and crouched against the wall, and I went and stood in front of her in a sort of half-@ssed attempt at chivalry.
Eventually the owner, who is a 30-something hot chick with tats and piercings all over the place, and is also retired USMC, shoved them out the door, yelling "No fights in my #@$%&* bar!" Deputies showed up, took one guy to the ground and the other to jail.
Bartender comes back to us and says, "Start playing again and let's get this night back to normal." So we did, and it worked
I'm not at all a violent person, so I really didn't like having this happen. Anyone have any stories about similar situations? What did/would you do?
We played great, though; afterward my bandmates and I agreed it was the best gig -- musically -- we'd had yet. Go figure.
CV