Why Do You Host Karaoke For A Living

[madjim- with the Lord]

Thank you everybody for taking this poll. It's nice to see I'm not the only one who likes the drunks.

Jim

[muzicman144]

Madjim....A little off subject, But, I see you are from Valsosta, Ga. Do you happen to know Billy Joe Royal, who i believe is from there also. Got to know him a good while back. One of the true gentlemen of music. Still sounds great. I do some shows with him occasionally.
Muzicman

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by muzicman144

Madjim....A little off subject, But, I see you are from Valsosta, Ga. Do you happen to know Billy Joe Royal, who i believe is from there also. Got to know him a good while back. One of the true gentlemen of music. Still sounds great. I do some shows with him occasionally.
Muzicman

OH Yea, he's actually from Lake Park Ga. just down HWY 41 a bit. I played bass for him one night at Rascals in Lake Park. He does an early show at Rascals and my band at the time was booked to play after his.

As I'm getting out of my car to go in the club, I see Billy (didn't know him but knew who he was) and he looks at me and says "Are you my drummer?" See his bus with his band broke down in Atlanta and he thought he was going to have to cancel the gig. Me and the sound man made some calls and got some guys together we knew could handle the job. We went in the dressing room with Billy and he made a songlist that we went over, I still have the songlist.

I remember being on stage when he started singing and it hit, I'M ON STAGE WITH A BILLY JOE ROYAL! His voice was a clear as a bell, he did a great job. I got chills!

We must have done good because he paid us, which he didn't have to do. The next time you see him ask him about his gig at Rascals in Lake Park Ga. when his bus broke down in Atlanta with his band on it. I'm sure the repair bill on the bus will be a good remidinder. He'll remember me as the bass player in the top hat, and tell him I said hello.

A relative of his video taped the show and I trasfered it to DVD and gave everybody that played a copy. The next time Billy was in town I was booked and couldn't see him but my wife took him a copy of the DVD. When she asked him if he remembered me he replied "yea I remember him, he saved my ass".

I had the chance to talk with Billy for quite a while, he's a true entertainer/musician. At the end of the show he went to every table in the club. He is a true star and I'm proud to say I did a gig with him.

Jim

[muzicman144]

madjim....Will do. I'll see him in Ocala, Florida in the fall, and have a show tenatively lined up in Va. in November with him. how could he forget a night like that, much less a bass player with a top hat. He told me he may be in Valdosta on the way to Ocala, so look for him. he truely is one of the nice guys in music.
muzicman

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by muzicman144

madjim....Will do. I'll see him in Ocala, Florida in the fall, and have a show tenatively lined up in Va. in November with him. how could he forget a night like that, much less a bass player with a top hat. He told me he may be in Valdosta on the way to Ocala, so look for him. he truely is one of the nice guys in music.
muzicman

No doubt, I enjoyed hanging out with him. I always had a musicain in my band that compained about something so we got to talking about working musicians and he told me a story about Elvis Presleys band members in Vegas. He was doing a show with Elvis and he heard the band members compaining about doing so many shows in one day. He said "These guys were playing with ELVIS PRESLY, THE KING and were still complaining, makes no sense." Billy has his head in the right place.

Billy is a great person, thanks for asking me about him.

Jim

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by madjim

compained

COMPLAINED, sorry.

Jim

[bryant]

Originally Posted by madjim

COMPLAINED, sorry.

Jim

I just hope the drunks like us, Jim. For the most part I'm sure, but sometimes they don't though, do they?.