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Location: cincinnati, ohio | I got a call from an agent I do some work for just as I got home from work last night. I was dead-dog tired, but she had a gig at Kenwood Country Club. They had forgotten to book live music for their post-Members' Golf Tournament BBQ and were in a panic. Could I P-L-E-E-E-A-S-E do it for her and them? "What time?" I asked. "7:00," she answered. It's 6:08, and I'm thinking, "No way." "You don't have to be there right at seven, and the pay's $400 for 2 1/2 hours." Whoa! I'm on my way-- I'm not THAT tired!
I play a lot of these gigs-- I'm booked for several gigs this summer at Summit Hills C.C. in Crestview, Kentucky, across the river, where I played last year. I've noticed something at these gigs-- almost all the women are supermodel gorgeous, and the men (the young men, anyway) are matinee-idol handsome. Why? Is it because of all the money? I mean, the young girls look like Jessica Simpson, and their moms look like Sharon Stone! Perfect hair, perfect teeth, perfect tans, perfect....musculature. In the summer, when you play pool parties, the overall effect is lethal (and extremely distracting when you're trying to focus on playing music). It's also very demoralizing when you yourself look like a sack of potatoes! It's tough to watch the chiseled young demigods strutting around with their trophy wives/girlfriends on their arm. Again, is it the money? I know they get SOME help from orthodontia and cosmetic surgery, but, you know, they've got to have something to start with. Maybe somewhere in the beginning, only beautiful people had lots of money. The rich, handsome young men attracted the most beautiful, rich young women, and their kids were beautiful, and then their kids in turn chose beautiful mates, etc., etc. It extends to the hired help as well--even the waitresses there could have been models!
At any rate, it made for a very stimulating-- and simultaneously discouraging-- evening. Wonder if anybody else has ever observed this phenomenon? |
OT: Women at Country Club gigs
