[Goat Mick]

I play several skilled nursing and assisted living centers on a regular basis. The main thing I've discovered is that they want the fastest songs you can do. These are only one hour performances, but I always leave sweaty and exhausted. I love every minute of it. Seeing these folks singing and clapping and even getting up and dancing is just amazing. The places I play love bluegrass, faster gospel songs, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams Sr. I always get asked for those and keeping the audience engaged and involved gets me invited back for regular performances. When anyone asks me for advice on playing one of the facilities, I always tell them "play it like a biker bar, they want to hear the high octane stuff."