Scariest Night Ever

[rictic 0]

a pal of mine rang me a couple of years ago and asked if i would do his mates leaving do. i of course said yes.

he gave me the dates and an address in manchester and said it would be 8 till 1a.m and we agreed a fee and i stuck it in my book.

now remember this guy is a mate and knows my style so i assumed he knew all he needed to know.

well i got to the street and couldnt see anything,just a drelict building next to a cafe. i hung about a while and ,y pal turned up. asked me why i was waiting outside.

knocked on a big iron door in the derelict place and the biggest biker i ever seen opened it and it led into a cage with a locked door the other side,like an airlock.

i thought oh pooh pooh!

anyway i said who i was and they all helped me up with my gear into the most rock styled hells angel club i ever seen. and i am a soul dj :dan+ju:

 

i set up and explained the situation,i had a bit of rock and stuff but not enough for a night. the barman said no worries mate we know you play motown so we brought a load of tunes for you as well.

 

what a night it turned out to be,all sorts of peeps turned up and the soul got it off to a dancing start,beer was rife and it was buzzing. if you never seen a fully clad angel dancing to the temps you aint seen nothing.

 

as it went on a bit i started with some stones and stuff and got into sabbath and led zep etc. when i put on sympathy for the devil the whole floor was shaking fit to bust.

come 1 ish i explained it was nearly time to go,they were having none of it. after whip round between the peeps i got about 140 in change and stuff and played till dawn. then they carried all my stuff down for me helped me pack it and waved me off.

i was shaking when i got there and trenbling with pleasure when i left.

what a night!!!

[Paul Smith 0]

Great story smile icon

[Secret Disco 0]

Thats one for the autobiography big chap........nice one!!!!!!!!! :flirt:

[Mattaious 0]

Sounds like you had fun there

 

Lessons to be learnt from each gig

 

 

[Corabar Steve 0]

Other than the fact that you're a Soul DJ I can't see the big deal.

 

I've done hundreds of biker gigs (from general parties to weddings) including for H A, Outcasts, Sorcerers & N A B D. Just treat it like any other gig.

 

Bikers are just people who ride motorcycles. They may wear different clothes to you, but underneath we're all the same. Don't forget the H A led the Golden Jubilee parade.

 

Glad to hear it went well

 

Incidentally, were they actually H A http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jimthing/hunter.jpg(white patch, red writing Winged skull facing left) or another club? I ask coz as far as Joe Public is concerned all bikers are Hell's Angels.

[rictic 0]

sons of satan i think they were called openshaw manchester. had affiliation plaques up in the clubhouse.

i now know what you mean about treating it as any other gig but the first impression i got was OH BUGGER HOW AM I GONNA DO THIS GIG!

it was only as the night progressed that i realised what a gr8 time we were all having.

one episode sticks in my mind tho, a guy came in with a massive sword,like a broadsword, swung it about a bit and stabbed it into the floor. threw me a bit i can tell you.

then it was put on a rack on the wall and all was good.

gotta admit i was intimidated initially but i ended up well looked after.

[jayboy 0]

cool story never had anythink that drmatic but sounds like fun. :devil:

[lateandlive 0]

Did a gig the other night for a load of........chavs to be honest! Wanted the LATEST hardcore RnB and "crunk" music....they insisted mowtown was good too, but after the drink flowed were havin none of it! Oh well! Got through!

 

Back on topic, bikers and the like are some of the NICEST people you could ever want to meet....the appearance and so on is just because they are passionate about what they do, but how many other groups would come and help you carry your stuff in! Plus i'd bet if there was any trouble from party-crashing, being as it was in what looked to be a derilict building, then it wouldn't be a problem for long ;)

[danger mouse 0]

bit like the time when i did a local snooker hall private party, the licencee was off his head on coke, everybody was smoking draw and rolling up on the bar, then the local drug dealer thought it would be funny to try and tie me up, big get too who grabbed me from behind, things got hairy pulled in the you know my dad thing got him off, (licensee himself) managed to get out of that one , but learned a few things, police shut it down few months later, my dad did warn me , had the cavarly on stand by at my local club but made it to fight another day,

[jayboy 0]

bit like the time when i did a local snooker hall private party, the licencee was off his head on coke, everybody was smoking draw and rolling up on the bar, then the local drug dealer thought it would be funny to try and tie me up, big get too who grabbed me from behind, things got hairy pulled in the you know my dad thing got him off, (licensee himself) managed to get out of that one , but learned a few things, police shut it down few months later, my dad did warn me , had the cavarly on stand by at my local club but made it to fight another day,

 

:omg: WOW thats a bit hairy to say the least dont no what i would do if that happend just ring the police i think.

 

i take it u packed dowen and whaent home after that.

 

WITH THE FULL FEE STILL DUE. :nono:

[danger mouse 0]

let the licencee sing some songs on the mic in his own little world while i packed up, he was dealing drugs too so had a wedge on him of about £2000 , paid me ok,he knew my old man from his club so was sort of in his gang then , yeah bye seee you soon,