Deadwood Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I think i keep seeing his picture in the paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 More likely pix I've taken of others. <grin> Hey, where does you be and who is you? I was just up shooting that first Mardi Gras parade a week or so ago. Great fun. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibsonAlmighty Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I love Milo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadwood Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 I live up in the deep snow country, work for a large Black Hills company, ex-rocker, that sort of stuff. I would be more specific, but I don't want flames or hate mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Deadwood... This forum allows a backchannel email, too. Seriously, I think my Dad was better known up there when he lived there in the '70s. But then... we share the name. <grin> Actually I'm so old I remember stopping at the #10 for a cupla shots of Scotch before heading to my teetotalling folks house after a 7-hour drive to visit circa 1970 or so. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadwood Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Milo, I have to go to Rapid now. I will get in touch one of these days. Take Care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 This is cool. Hey Deadwood, if you're "Milo-approved" then you're damned sure good by me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulsaslim Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Deadwood... This forum allows a backchannel email' date=' too. Seriously, I think my Dad was better known up there when he lived there in the '70s. But then... we share the name. <grin> Actually I'm so old I remember stopping at the #10 for a cupla shots of Scotch before heading to my teetotalling folks house after a 7-hour drive to visit circa 1970 or so. m [/quote'] Heck, Milo, back in the early '80s I used to play the #10 about 3 times a year, in addition to Dan's Back Porch in Spearfish and the Alex Johnson Hotel in Rapid. Great gigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Tulsa... Yupper... It's maybe not the most cash in this area, but nice folks, nice area, nice places to pick or to enjoy pickin'. Actually in the early 80s I was living in Memphis! m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 milo is my fellow buchanan fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulsaslim Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I was pretty satisfied with the money but I was always happy if I was making more money per week than my 'working' friends. Even though you might not make 'big city' money out there it's certainly worth something to be able to live there full-time. I know I would've worked for a little less if I was playing the Black Hills full-time. I played there before gambling was legal. I gotta think all those casinos offer plenty of opportunities for pickers. I know they do here in OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Who is Milo... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Deadwood does offer a market for pickers but... As one casino mgr put it, if they come to watch a show, they ain't gambling. So... I think they're constantly adjusting how they do stuff. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulsaslim Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Milo is Milo D. (milod) look up. Down here the bands are almost part of the woodwork. I swear to God it looks like the easiest gig a man could ever play. Nobody seems to care about the 'show' but they do want background music. Although many of them are country (especially the one's far outside of Tulsa) but there are a lot of blues bands and classic rock bands, too. I had an offer a couple of years ago for $800/week playing 10 miles from my house playing in the 'house' band but I turned it down. It wasn't enough $$ for me but I'm sure a lotta guys would be glad to have it. And like I said, real easy. No setup/teardown. Show up 5 minutes before gig time, tune up, and go. They played Tues-Sat and on weekends they just opened for whatever 'headliner' the casino had booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 80LPC... "Deadwood" was referring to a certain worn out old picker in the Black Hills area of Western South Dakota and Eastern Wyoming who never was all that good at guitar anyway, so he has to shoot people to earn enough bread to eat. Tulsa... Sheesh, most of the guys pickin' for a living around here would be pretty happy campers with the prices you mention. Alas, I think the stuff I've mostly been playing lately fits too well into the "woodwork" sorta music. <grin> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulsaslim Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 If they offered me that money to play in the Black Hills you and I would be talking face to face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Tulsa... Talking heck... We just might could be pickin'! m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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