Reply #12: Similar experience about a year and a half ago. [View All]

Went to see some friends play, who were so good I never even thought about trying to sit in. This one night they asked me to get my stuff out of the car; played the rest of the night with em. They slipped me some $ and hired me that night. Enjoy your gig; fun playing with good musicians isn't it? BTW, I'm in New Mexico but have been in touch with an agent in Tulsa about a non -musical thing, but his agency handles musicians too. Will PM you sometime this week with info; you may know of his agency--I have no idea if they're very big locally, but I know he handles a friend of a friend who gigs ( an entertainer but not a musician) nationally. I also had a couple of N.M. musician friends with Tulsa roots who've passed away in the last few years. Don't know how old you are, so you might be too young to have heard of, or known, these guys but one was Dave Tomer, an excellent left handed slide guitarist, and the other was Sam Franklin, one of my dearest friends in the world, who played sax for many years with the great Albert Collins. Sam often spoke of an old Tulsa buddy of his named Flash Terry. Best wishes on your new gig.