#1614177 - 05/24/19 05:22 AM
Our stage manager’s name is “Thor.”
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Xenophile
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We’re “headlining” at the Sacramento County Fair this weekend. Got an email today with logistics. “Thor” is our contact when we get there.
They told us we were the headliner, but a hypnotist act goes on after us.
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#1614184 - 05/24/19 06:09 AM
Our stage......
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Slabraton
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Reminds me of playing for the Hells Angels. I was told to ask for "Thumper."
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#1614225 - 05/24/19 03:47 PM
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JazAddict
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Ask Thor if any other Norse gods are moonlighting.... And there's no greater compliment to a headliner than offering up a hypnotist for dessert. 
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#1614244 - 05/24/19 04:39 PM
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FalconEddy
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We’re “headlining” at the Sacramento County Fair this weekend. Got an email today with logistics. “Thor” is our contact when we get there.
They told us we were the headliner, but a hypnotist act goes on after us.
That's pretty cool, Xeno! Sounds like a great gig.
A similar story happened to my rock band YEARS ago.
We were headliners at the opening session of Boston College, and were warmed up by a hypnotist. Right after the applause died down for him, our intro was announced and we opened with Supertramp's 'Logical Song'; which was near the top of the charts. The crowd went nuts.
What a rush it was playing to nearly 7,000 students that night. But, I was thinking of crapping my pants because the only spotlight was on me since I had to start the beginning of that tune on my Wurly 200A. I didn't expect that solo spotlight to happen. No pressure. 
Oh, and my wife's boss's name is Thor... swear to God.
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#1614249 - 05/24/19 04:58 PM
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Many, many years ago I was playing with a lounge/show band that had a house gig at an aging, formerly fancy hotel. A "nationally known" hypnotist was doing a few shows in the once-glamorous ballroom, but almost no one showed up for his show. So the management invited everyone in the restaurant/lounge to go up and see the hypnotist's show free of charge.
He did the usual hypnotist stuff, and I guess he was pretty good. His finale that night was a death-defying bullet-stopping trick during which he faked his own death and had paramedics take him out on a stretcher. He was back the next day, though, having his lunch in the hotel restaurant while we were rehearsing. He came up to us and told us that he was going to fire his current band, and asked us if we wanted to go on the road with him. We politely declined.
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#1614259 - 05/24/19 06:37 PM
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Marty Gilman
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Does he have a cousin Zeus?
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Can you play that an octave louder?
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I have a sample of a club-sized audience applauding and cheering that I'll use sometimes to break the ice.
