NOMAD at Hellbilly Hideaway

So mid-afternoon on April 27, 2013 I got a FB message from Tom, the drummer for Nomad (and several other groups including the NKIWS) saying they were desperate for a bass player for THAT EVENING.  So I printed out a bunch of stuff, played a few, packed up and headed to the Hellbilly Hideaway.  It was the first time I'd played there, so I was surprised at how small it was.  Not much room on stage, and the dance floor wasn't much bigger.  These guys are real pros - drums and PA were all set up, banners were hanging, cards on the tables, t-shirts & sweatshirts for sale.  The guitarist was really hesitant about having a sub, and didn't think it was going to work.  We went through the list of songs and cancelled some:

Set 1                                      Set 3

1: Hard to Handle                1: Pour Some Sugar on Me       

2. Honky Tonk Woman                2. You Give Love a Bad Name

3. All Summer Long                3. I Love Rock n Roll

4. Long Train Running                 4. Young Lust       

5. Hands to Yourself                5. Summer of 69

6. Save a Horse                    6. Enter Sandman

7. Kryptonite                       7. Seven Nation Army

8. Are You Gonna Go My Way            8. La Grange   

9. Any way you want it                9. Driven to Tears

10. Johnny B Good                   10. Crazy Train

11. Running Down a Dream            11. She hates me

12. Shook Me All Night Long            12. Fight for Your Right, to party

Set 2                                       Set 4

1: TNT                                   1: Teen Spirit

2. Fake It                                 2. You Really Got Me

3. Talk Dirty to Me                3. Have a Drink on Me

4. Sweet Child of Mine          4. Mony Mony

5. Bad Girl Friend                5. Panama

6. Just Like You                      6. Lick it Up

7. Figured You Out                7. American Band

8. My Sharona                         8. White Wedding

9. Play that Funky Music       9. Man in the Box

10. Miss You                            10. Smoke on the Water

11. Twilight Zone                    11. Come Together

Reserve

1: Old Time R n R            13. Rocky Mountain Way       

2. Crazy Bitch                  14. Paranoid

3. Flirtin with Disaster        15. Pride and Joy

4. Tush                           16. Whiskey in the Jar

5. Helter Skelter             17. Don’t want to miss a thing

6. Dirty Deeds                18. Every Rose

7. Highway to Hell          19. Gimmie Three Steps

8. Mustang Sally             20. Roadhouse Blues

9. Rock n Roll           

10. Sweet Emotion

11. Walk this Way

12. Bad Case of Loving You

So we cancelled some and switched some.  This band was definitely heavier than most bands I've played with.   I think the guitarist was happy with the final product, especially since we made $150 each, and if I'd been unavailable they'd have got zero.  I had the most trouble during guitar solos, since I was on my own!  The band brought quite a contingent of family and friends.  The bar must be really happy with them.  The singer was charismatic, often going right out into the audience.  He helped me out quite a bit.  Tom was really good with cues, too.  It was fun, and it marked the beginning of a string of substitute gigs.