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Post by johnreardon on Nov 14, 2020 12:49:50 GMT
One thing we have done at gigs since we reformed in 2013, is to get members of the audience up on stage with us the shake maraccas, tamborines or join in on backing vocals. Invariably, they are ladies as most men seem to be averse to perhaps making a spectacle of themselves.
Obviously, it can be difficult if stage areas are small, especially if you have a largish band, but involving the crowd usually leaves them feeling as if they have had a great night out.
BTW there is some swearing at the end of the first video. The audio is from our album and the engineer decided to carry on recording after we finished. He suggested leaving it in for the album.
In this version of the Chuck Berry classic, we even had the crowd singing along with the solo melody. To be honest we had to do something as the singer had lost his voice from a gig the previous night. BTW despite the shout of Merry Xmas from the keyboard player, it was Oct 28th.
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Post by infant on Nov 14, 2020 13:39:07 GMT
We tend to do this sometimes depending on the crowd and like you said the size of the stage. Usually we like to get a few women up there to sing the “ride Sally ride” lines in Mustang Sally. We’ll give them a tambourine or some other percussion instrument (that we can easily drown out) and they have a great time.
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Post by Die Bullen on Dec 26, 2020 16:37:53 GMT
In normal years we bring extra sleigh bells so people can play them along when we are caroling. Usually it is littler kids. When we go to retirement homes at Christmas time we will do the same, but there you have to be careful because some residents with advanced dementia will not want to give them back, and you want to avoid any confrontations on stage. Still the good bells are cheap and you can't give them away.
Of course this year we couldn't do that for health reasons
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Post by zontar on Dec 26, 2020 19:15:09 GMT
Most of my playing in front of others is in church and the congregation
mostly sings along any way
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Post by Die Bullen on Dec 27, 2020 0:45:21 GMT
We do ask the audience to shout "hold that tiger" when we play the Tiger Rag. That is a hoot to have people shouting in libraries
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