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Poor old Geordie's array...
What's the highlight of your musical career?

I've played bigger and fancier venues but headlining at King Tut's - a venue where Oasis "got signed" and a lot of my favourite bands tread the boards before hitting it big was the equivalent to selling out Wembley Stadium :thu:

I bet we've got some corkers on here.
 
i don't know about highlight. we backed up Bo Diddley at a local concert back in the 80's. wouldn't do it again.
 
Not much of a highlight compared to some here but I was asked to be in Gabbie Rae's band when she rolled through town a couple of years ago.
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Pretty bleak stuff, but a band I was in right out of High School ALMOST opened up the Indigo Girls for a show.
Their opening act couldn't make it (bus broke down or something like that)..........
 
Opened up for Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson (was Muddy Waters guitar player for several years and was the other guitar player in John Lee Hooker's band in the Blues Brothers movie).

Played on the main stage before the stunt car show, that was awesome.
 
Played a wedding reception and got paid 20 bucks when I was 18. Got hit on by my guitarists hot older (like 26) sister who was there with a date, which made me so frustratingly confused at the time. No understanding the catch and release program of love at that stage of development.
 
Oh yeah, another bucket list show: did a set at Nectars in Burlington, VT on a Tuesday night. The whole band made $50 and we each got a sandwich. Worth it.
 
i've met a bunch of musicians, but that's not a highlight.

playing to 20,000 people at madison square, now THAT would be a highlight.
 
About 10 years ago during the summer I played at my brother's church several times in front of about 50 people. One of the men there like it and asked me to play for a local Christian men's group dinner meeting of about 20 people. One of the men there liked it and asked me to play for his church's home coming about 125 people. Someone there liked it and asked me to play for there Bible School graduation which was a full church of about 300 people. I guess that would be a highlight but it began to become more like a job. I enjoyed playing at my brother's church the rest, not that much.
 
@wagdog. Here's one of a few that are on YouTube.
Keep in mind that she was 16y/o at this time....she is AMAZING. ITs one thing to see or hear a video or a recording but when we rehearsed (in my basement) and she ever opened her mouth to sing....the unbelievable voice that came out of her was indescribable.

 
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gtrjunior said:
@wagdog. Here's one of a few that are on YouTube.
Keep in mind that she was 16y/o at this time....she is AMAZING. ITs one thing to see or hear a video or a recording but when we rehearsed (in my basement) and she ever opened her mouth to sing....the unbelievable voice that came out of her was undescribable.

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That kicked all kinds of ass! Nice work!
 
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