[Mr. Jelly]

Doing side gigs is part of being a musician. So jobs show up that are not regular band shows. Some of the most enjoyable jobs I have done were the not really band shows but background music shows. No vocals. They are early in the evening and pay as well. Especially when you don't have to split the pay in allot of ways. The equipment hauling can be kept at a minimum. Piano players do these types of gigs often. Mix up tempos and feels of the songs and just do it. Be there but not in their face. Often it doesn't matter if they know the tunes or not. At times they will think they do. There is no reason to get all anal about performing the songs as long as you don't have train wrecks. And some times there's free food