by Rich Elwood » Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:19 pm
Doing standup was always a blast. However, bands typically didn't care for standup warmups.
As in this case, the last thing they said to me before going on was "Keep it short and don't touch our equipment." I was only going to do 5 minutes and would not need to touch their gear; but -it became a fun, laughter rich 20 minute set that ended in me giving me a cymbal crash. "Don't say don't to a comedian," I said to them coming off.
I opened for many acts over the years including Tom Jones (a class guy and very gracious), The Righteous Brothers (quiet but nice), Howie Mandel ( a super person and very funny), Dennis Miller (very bright), The Temptations (very cool people) and Ray Charles (who was so nice to me and I was very much in awe of him. Man, did he have stories).