Took a gig I thought would be interesting. Benefit for a local Horse Farm that helps people who are having financial trouble keeping their horses. Money is not what I've made in past years but pretty good and I figured its that or nothing. And its close to home. There is no place here in Cape May, except for one, that has a keyboard player tonight and there's no way their ever replacing this guy, he has big credentials. I was hoping for a nice house party where I could play some keyboard.
The other day I met with the girl who hired me and she gave me a list of requested songs. I won't go into it but I'm not bothering to even bring the keyboard and will be DJ-ing a bunch of stuff I normally would never do. I'm not looking forward to it.
I've only missed about 3 NYE's in the last 40 or so but next year I'm going to be real picky if I take anything at all.
BTW the panic people have about drunk drivers and road blocks I think is way overblown. Things have changed. Most people run for the door right after midnight. Where I used to live in North Jersey coming home after gigs I've never seen any roadblocks or even patrol cars. Very quiet. The diners are all packed though.