> Guitar players don't know how easy they have it!

Not 'quite' true... I saw a guitar player from another band we were working split-sets with complete an electrical circuit with his nose on a mic while holding a 'live' electric guitar and knock himself unconscious! The guy lived, but he was shaking like a leaf after they scraped him of the stage. When he went down, I thought the cat was dead. Back in the day, (60's) you didn't want to come into direct contact with a live mic if you were playing electric guitar at the same time. Talk about 'Risky Business.' Guitar players don't have it so good either.

John

Man, that makes wood splinters behind the fingernail sound like kids stuff, now Im scared to choke a cymbal.

Dang! I guess I'm an average drummer and woodworker, LOL!

Oh, I know it!

I just like giving the digs where I can.

:D:D:D

I think Pete Townshend had some kind of nasty injury with his whammy bar awhile ago, though that could be chalked up to "Technique" more than anything.

Welcome, Robyn! You have passed your initiation!

Several years ago, I sat in with a pretty good band in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. I took on the conga playing with great energy and I thought, skill. I was so wrong. At the end of the first long set, I noticed that the drums were tinted a pinkish hue. It was my sweat mingled with the blood from my split open fingers. Thank God for all the cerveza I had consumed! I asked my current spouse to fetch some bandages from our room. She did and patched me up so that I was ready for set two! Naturally, I had to fortify myself a bit more. Got throught the night though.

Brian

Lol, you guys are funny, thanks for the replies. i was actually a good trooper bout it, i kept going and didn't even miss a beat, now that is what i would think would qualify ya as a real drummer.

yep got a few blood splatters on my drums now too, most will clean off but the one i'm most concerned about is the one that runs down the side of the 12" tom, the new wrap is now stained with my blood. my drums have character now. lol haven't wiped any of it off just yet, it's my trophy, but will in a cup'l days. there's only 3 or 4 splatters, i think.

guitar players bleed too, i've seen the tips of my daddys fingers bleed many times after hrs. of playing. aventualy the tips of his fingers got very hard with a groove indented longways cross the tips of them. my dad played a lot of guitar in his time. oh and yes i know all about the live mike and electric guitar shock. been there, done that, not fun.

anyway....nah nah nah nah, i'm a real drummer now! WOOHOO!! LOL!

OUCH! man that make me wanna pee my pants just reading bout it.

our woodshop teacher had two and a half fingers missing, one on one hand n the other two on the other hand.

There was another time when I was the lighting director for a national act on tour. The drummer got stuck in Chicago due to weather returning from a day off. I had to play the show for the band. It was not that big a deal as I was very familiar with the music. The only problem was that this particular drummer played with gloves and used grip tape on all his sticks. His drum tech was very industrious and had pre-taped every stick we were carrying on the road...and that was a lot of pairs of sticks. I didn't think anything about it when I started but about a third of the way through the show I began realizing that the tape was seriously irritating the index finger of my right hand. I continuously adjusted the fulcrum point of my index finger to minimize the issue but by the time we finished the main set the entire space between my hand and the first joint of my index finger was now an open wound. I played the encore with the right stick between my index and first finger (thank you Gary Burton). That was probably 18 years ago and I still have a significant scar. ...well maybe not significant, but it is still there. As always, the show must go on.

Scott - Now you know why the cat wore gloves! If you had followed his lead and donned a glove you could have avoided scarring yourself.

Sincerely,

Capt. Hindsight! LOL

Good road story... John