Hollier - CRAZY TOUR STORIES
Join us as Hollier reveals a crazy story from being on the road.
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In this Crazy Tour Stories segment, the roots rock artist, Hollier, shares one of his stories from being on the road. You can check out the story below:
We were booked to play a small town Mississippi Mardi Gras festival several years ago. The promoter gave me a contact for a bar en route home to Nashville that would pay us to play after the festival. Google maps led us to an address that was a gas station/bar. The location was very remote. It was a smaller room with a long bar. Above the liquor bottles was a massive glass container that ran the length of the bar. Inside the container was a HUGE snake. Tiny little cages, filled with mice, dangled below the snake cage. Allegedly the snake’s food. Virginia, a very sweet elderly lady, had been our contact. She made sure we had beer/food and plenty of hands to unload and set up our gear. We agreed upon 3-45min sets. Sound check - with our own PA - was great. Her cohort of patrons/employees were very rough and rowdy but everyone was kind and eager. I got the feeling that this place didn’t see a live band often. We were eager to bring it.
The first couple of songs were solid. A particularly vibrant gentleman was screaming “You play that f****** fiddle” during each fiddle solo. He was absolutely wasted and would let out these loud guttural yelps. He introduced himself as “Roy Brown” after a song. An altercation occurred at the front door during our 5th/6th song. The entire bar rushed to the entrance. We continued playing cautiously but it turned into an all out brawl. A large burly man came forward and told us to stop playing. He handed me a rubber banded wad of cash. Told us to exit out the back. We never got to say goodbye. I can remember seeing Roy Brown hurling chairs towards the front entrance as we hastily dragged our gear out back. The sweet elderly woman, Virginia, was swinging a large sword with a bamboo stick base. I don’t know what happened. We didn’t stay long enough to find out. I googled the bar and it no longer exists. RIP.
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