Sunday, February 27, 2005
Weird Requests
Last night at Bella Luna, right at the end of my last set, an older Italian guy with a thick accent, came right up next to me and waited for me to finish. He asked me several times before I understood him if I would do "It's Now or Never." I told him I didn't know it. He said, "It starts on Doe." I played an A and said, "Okay what's next?" He gave up and walked away disgustedly. When people come up and ask you to do stuff that isn't even close to what you've been doing, that pretty much means they don't get you. Like if I went up to juggling, fire-eating, comic Andy Martello and asked him to sing an aria. It is amusing. Some people don't get out much, I guess. I'd love to hear from other performers who get these kinds of off the wall requests. Does Jimmy Buffett get requests for Sarah McLachlan tunes? Does Sarah get asked to cover Snoop Dog? I have seen people ask a country singing friend of mine to do Alice In Chains. That was an amusing interchange of ideas. I don't do much country because even the tunes I like, I think I just feel stupid doing the accent which most country fans feel is essential to the song. I know there are a lot of crossover performers who do just fine but there are some things that should be avoided, resisted, ruled out and laughed at. Have any to share with me?posted by Bud @ 9:48 AM
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