That was a strange gig. The owner of the place probably did not read my 12 mails nor did he listen to the messages I left on his answering machine. He did not have a clue who we were and also did not advertise the gig at all. They were busy is what I understood.I told him, RHP, jazzrock, one long or two shorter sets, max. 1 1/2 hour. That's what we are. We showed up at 19.00 and he told us we had to play from 9.00 till 00.30. That's a bit long if you play for next to nothing, we made just enough to pay for the parking meter outside the door. Also we don't have enough material, 31/2 hours is RHP played four times with long solos! I told him we could possibly do two sets with longer solos. He did not agree and said he would not pay anything then. I told him to shove it and we just played one set since we were all set up anyway and left with no cash. There's a letter on the way about Leiden to the KNTV (musicians union) so we can hopefully prevent this ripping-off routine to happen for other musicians. Also kind of ironic, I get mails from people from the States, Australia and Italy from people dying to see RHP live. In fact, there's somebody flying over for the Amsterdam gig tonight all the way from Italy. More news about that tommorow.The playing was fun though, we tried out some new stuff and took long solos. I'm looking forward to Blijburg tonight since I know that place and the people and know it will be a relaxed gig.

Rich

Here's some pics from last night's gig: from left to right: Udo, Rich, Bas and Lale

Got to bed around 03:00 last night. I had the privilege to wake up to some beautiful metal hammering from some construction workers. Sounded like the outro to one of the Judas Priest songs. I do like Priest fear not, but not 07:30 in the morning!! The place last night was not really the right place for our kind of music. It felt like people didn't have a clue of what we were doing and that they probably just wanted to drink beer. It was a cool rehearsal for us though, we tried out some new stuff and we took extended solos. Will be a better place tonight. We have a fan who's flying over from Italy just to see us tonight... respect! Will be back with more updates soon.
Peace, love & beautiful things.../Lale