Gig Tales

Musician and music teacher, Laura Frye, shares the tale of her first chorus field trip as a teacher, a dangerous peanut event at a holiday gig and the story of how she was an inch away from being on a true crime podcast instead.

Terri covers the most infamous Super Bowl halftime show of all time and Ash updates us on her Arizona gig.

Jim Renner, front man of Life of the Party, shares highlights from his extensive gig experience from weddings, to biker bars, and outdoor events doomed by their names.

Terri chronicles the events of Woodstock 1999 and Ash reviews Allen Stone's Karaoke Extravaganza show.

Terri and Ash tackle the mysteries behind booking agents, contracts, riders and why it's so hard to get paid for gigs.

Ash reveals the story around her band's invention of the "thrown high five" and Terri muses over Lana Del Rey's infamous SNL performance and subsequent comeback.

Terri tells us about her trip to Bob Seger's gig at the Garden and Ash recounts last week's gig where people got weird at a fundraiser event.

Ash shares a fellow podcaster's story of being harassed at a gig by one of the dumbest DJs ever. Terri tells the classic story of the time Rage Against the Machine accidentally booked a gig in Utah.

Terri & Ash discuss how performers and their friends sometimes have to run double duty as security and also take a look at the wonderful world of buying and selling musical instruments online.

Terri tells the famous story of Jim Morrison's onstage arrest from a different angle and Ash talks about how weird things get after gigs, especially in Southie. The ladies also react to learning of laws against laws that exist in 2019.

Ash and Terri explore the humorous and horrible world of uninvited guests on stage.

Terri tells about the time she was mansplained while buying guitar strings and Ash remembers the time her gig was interrupted by a call on a shoe phone.

Singer/songwriter Ariel Strasser joins Ash and Terri in the studio to share gig stories of forgotten gear and on-stage mistakes that led to years of inside jokes for the band. The ladies also give audience tips for engaging with musicians at shows and lay some ground rules for clapping.

Ash talks about her last week's gigs including a campground gig with a pack of cats and sitting in with country band, Scarlett Drive. Terri remembers when a woman of God spoke directly to her soul at a church "chior" gig. Also discussed are the "dews and don'ts" of fruit salad as decided by Terri and episode 4 guest, Matt Jackson.

Nate Ramsayer, singer, Les Mis consultant and collector of muskets joins Ash and Terri to discuss the ridiculous inner workings of singing back-up for artists including Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman and Josh Groban.

Ash & Terri talk about cell phone gig etiquette gone wrong, muse over why a K9 actor's guild doesn't exist, and reminisce over how one stage was the site of a monsoon, a moth plague and an epic bug fogging. 

Singer/songwriter Matt Jackson joins Ash and Terri to share his wildest gig tales. Talks of accidental Christian festivals, way too intimate private performances, a musical chairs world championship gig and a fog machine that smells like maple syrup fill this episode with intrigue and laughter.

Terri opens the can of worms that is piano bar gigs and Ash reveals why she no longer plays gigs on holidays.

Ash tells the story of the time Uncle Sam showed up to a gig and played leap frog with a group of bachelorettes. Terri shares how she thought she got electrocuted by a donkey at a gig in Germany.

In their pioneer episode, Ash & Terri discuss backstage and onstage shenanigans including singing with the Dropkick Murphys, an audience member getting tazed at a classy venue, an elementary school choir performance at a nursing home and a bizarre Save by the Bell/Snoopy theater mashup.