Originally Posted By: guitpic1
Colds/flu are common in this area. Local nursing/assisted living places post signs saying if you are not well....don't come in.
I'll miss two gigs this week because of flu. The places I play don't seem to get too excited if I miss a gig.
But it made me curious, how do the rest of you handle such a thing?


I am fortunate to have a couple of other musicians I can call to fill in for me, and if SteveM wasn't basking in the Florida sun, I would have one more wink ... if it is 'last minute', I will just call the AD and tell them who is coming in my place ... we usually leave the 'accounting piece' as is, in that they pay me and I pay the sub ...

I always use Hall's Menthol cough drops on a gig to keep my throat from getting dry ... one time one of the residents saw me take one and said in a voice loud enough to be heard "Oh no, he has a cold, now we are all going to get sick" ... I announced - and told the AD personally - that I did NOT have a cold, but allergies, and the cough drops were just 'lubrication' ...
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