DU musicians who've played New Year's Eve gigs... Any special memories of those gigs you'd like to share?

[ProfessorGAC]

7. My Best One

We used to play the same place each NYE. For at least 12 years.
The room was smaller than most places we played, but it wasn't tiny either. Could fit maybe 180 people. However, it was so close to where we all lived that we could set up a few days early, play, then go back for gear a few more days later.
It was so close to our house, that tge band and closest fans would come over for an after party that STARTED at 2:15 in tge morning.
Anyway, one year a guy who was feeling a bit too good, came up to the front of the stage (beginning of our 2nd set, there was an opening act). He's talking to the guitarist and started whining about us not doing the kind of songs he likes. (Everybody knew what they were going to get if they came to hear us, but that didn't matter to him.)
He finally dropped the line "I paid to get in here, you know." The guitar player, without missing a beat says "How much did it cost to get in?" Guy says "Six bucks". Guitar player looks at me; I hand him a five & a one. He turns to the guy and says "Here. Now it's cost you nothing. Go home."
He stayed but left us alone.
The kicker: he wanted to hear some country music. So, we told the crowd "A guy said we needed to do more country music. So, we're going to do a country song. We decided on Ireland" and then did a U2 song.