Live Band Lover Gifts

'Ugh, isn't this elevator music the worst?'

"M'lady, we’ve reached peak Brooklyn."

"Hey, pal, let's hear 'Doggie in the Window' again, and this time play it like you mean it!"

Jazz quartet, piano, bass, sax and drums

"Something romantic, perhaps?"

At the rock concert...

This next song goes out to the girl who stole my heart and my guitar.

"Can you speak up: there's a bloody racket going on in the background."

"Tong!"

"Free Bird!"

"I've got those 'Don't worry about me, I'll just be here, all alone' blues."

'Theaters from Hell' 'We have no sound engineers, so no there's not a good seat in the house.'

"Here's a request from someone who'd like to hear something in tune for a change. Oh, we have a comedian out there, I see."

'That was Charlie Parker's 'Ornithology.' I threw in a flat nine in bar 16 and a tritone substitution in bar 22. Who noticed that? Hands up if you noticed!'

"This next song I wrote I won't sing due to political correctness."

"When it comes to good, old-fashioned roots music, this guy is the BEST!"

"Sorry, dude. . . but you just don't fit into our group!"

Towny Music Night.

'Nobody pays for music anymore.'

"Young Billy play lak he on fire tonite!"

"Unfortunately, father never quite got over being asked to reform the band for Live Aid in the '80s."

"We'd like to do a song that will barely penetrate your consciousness as you continue to enjoy those faddish cigars and single-malt scotches."

A man and a woman discussing the skill of the pianist.

"If I had it all to do over again, I would have liked to be the King of Swing."

Around the piano

"The harmonica! Boy you're lucky, my cowboy plays the double-bass! I tell you what, it's a pretty awkward thing to carry around..."

"They're texting it in."

"This next song is for all you a cappella lovers. No strings attached."

'Music hath charms,' &c.

"I miss diving into a mosh pit."

A rock guitarist singing

"Here's another one about Teddy bears."

"This next song is called - 'I want to kill you'."

"Thank you, Sir."

The Ignored Busker