Too good to be true
Keep Smiling. Photo: Steve Starr
I should have known better…
I had way too much fun last week. I let my guard down. I forgot to wait for the other shoe to fall!
I am not normally a pessimist. I am a fairly happy person. I almost never take off my rose colored glasses.
But I am in show business. No business like it , no business at all.
Here’s the deal: My concert on Saturday, May 2 has been on the books for months. Then, “the powers that be” (the owner’s son) canceled it. Bummer.
But then on Friday April 24th, while I was at Ebertfest, they called begging me to do Saturday night:
It’s back on!!! Please say you can do Saturday night!
YAY!
I was so relieved! I called my web manager and we created two Eblasts announcing that the concert is happening and I sent them out to hundreds and hundreds of people.
The gig is this Saturday; the day after tomorrow on May 2.
I got a call today:
It’s canceled again. The owner’s son has brought in some promoter who has booked a group for Saturday night and you are out.
???!!!!???!!!!
Can you hear the huge glass mirror crashing to the floor? That was the sound of my heart (or was it my face? ) breaking. (Okay, okay – I admit that I am being a bit dramatic right now)
It’s not the end of the world. But a lot of my fans were showing up. A fair amount were celebrating their birthdays with large groups in tow. My guys might have even made some money there for once.
But NOOOOOOOO…..
I gotta work harder. I have to build a bigger following and get them to show consistently. I have too much talent and my band is too fantastic to deal with this kind of disregard and disrespect.
This is in a word: bullshit.
But in the realm of club owners and show business, it’s typical. I’ve just been lucky to have not been burnt too badly before.
Gotcha
Showbiz: ONE
Lynne: Zero
The funny thing is, I love these guys (the family that owns the club) We have been friends for years. This really hurt my feelings. And it’s also raised my ire. I deserve better than this – from them.
I’ve shed some tears. I feel better now – time to move on.
That’s show biz.
Tuesday, May 5 : Come see me & my band – Lynne Jordan and the Shivers – at House of Blues in Chicago. 9pm-1am
329 N. State St., Chicago, IL
Tags: chicago, ebalst, ebertfest, green dolphin street chicago, house of blues, Lynne Jordan, lynne jordan & the shivers, lynne jordan and the shivers, Roger Ebert, rose colored glasses
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Well, I’ll be at the HOB, Love their beer! Cornbread is good too!
We love you gal, stay strong!
1 Web Manager said this (April 30, 2009 at 9:16 pm)
Well you know dear dear friend that we would be at HOB if
we weren’t here! I might even jump up on stage again with
you………I was so disappointed for you when you told me all
of this last night and I was hoping for a last minute reprieve.
How sad to be kicked like that from people you like and have
known for years. I hope the group they have stinks and they’ll be sooooooooooo sorry they screwed you over.
You are the best and a great business woman besides being a FABULOUS singer so hang in there and know that something better will happen to you sooner than you think!
XOXO and a hui hou!
2 manele said this (April 30, 2009 at 9:31 pm)
Thanks Adrienne. I’m gonna get a cocktail!
3 Lynne said this (April 30, 2009 at 9:34 pm)
Oh sweetie! Thank you so much for that!! I have been sitting here at my computer wondering:
Why is this getting to me so much? Why am I so sad? Why am I fucking crying??
I guess all that raw emotion that has been pouring so freely from me at Ebertfest is still there on the surface… or … something…
4 Lynne said this (April 30, 2009 at 10:19 pm)
I love the atmosphere when you perform at House of Blues! It’s intimate and spontaneous. See you on Tuesday. Cheers!
5 avisw said this (April 30, 2009 at 10:21 pm)
And i love it when you come there!! I’m gonna be reeeeal good at HOB on Tuesday night!!
Thanks, Avis!!
6 Lynne said this (April 30, 2009 at 10:27 pm)
Well Lynne – I just read all of the above!!!! It is just such bullshit and I don’t care if this is show business – it is time to move on – no matter how good they have been to you! You know that they are done with the live bands – they have had a whole new agenda for a long time now – it just pisses me off that they would play this game with someone that deserves a lot more respect! AND – you have tried to get the crowds in there to keep the bands alive at that place!!!! I love them too – but what more can I say!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t cry Lynne – gotta find some new places for you and the guys!!!!! Keep in touch !
7 lkosarek said this (May 2, 2009 at 12:10 am)
It’s sad isn’t it?
8 Lynne said this (May 2, 2009 at 12:50 am)
That is absolutely ridiculous! Sounds like the owner’s son needs the Ethics 101 class.
9 Mia65 said this (May 3, 2009 at 9:55 am)
showbiz right?
10 Lynne said this (May 3, 2009 at 6:49 pm)