Once we rolled into the neighborhood with our two busses all nostalgia faded at the sight of the place. Jon Gagan confirmed that we had not played at this venue since 1994.
We usually don’t play in San Francisco as the promoter of the Mountain Winery in Saratoga and several others outside San Fran have the right to refuse a rival show in the area. In this case the Mountain Winery promoter said yes to an additional show at the GAMH about two weeks ago. The GAMH booking person was very enthusiastic and swore they would do very well, even though my agent had some doubts given the short two week period before the show. The customary deposit of 50% was paid. When we arrived at the GAMH a couple of days ago, the promoter wanted to cancel the show due to less than enthusiastic ticket sales.
50% ain’t bad, but we prefer to play….
Cancelled show and no blog entries. Was I the only one worried?
See you in 24 hours.
Matt Callahan
So, OL & LN had to pay a 50% deposit, or OL & LN was paid a 50% deposit??? I’m so confused!!!
Well now I feel just terrible…I have several friends in SF who I immediately thought of when I saw the SF concert had been added…but just KNEW it would have been sold out by this time…:-(….well live and learn!
I hope you did get to play and I hope SF gave you a wonderful time!