Free Food
Michigan, I just sent some money up to Michigan to Mike Mudge,
if you are reading this mike, hi. I will give them traps a good home.
And that reminds me, [oh no, here he goes again.]
Thirty years ago some friends who had a band, were hired to play at some joint way out in east Texas. Way out in the woods, and it was 100% 'black'.
'The Birdland Ballroom.'
Was the name of it, and since they were in a transatory state as new thrown together bands were, and the manager of the ballroom asked for the bands name saying that posters would be printed up and nailed to trees all over east Texas, advertising the big night at the ballroom. Old Darrell Deck the guitar player decided to name their band, 'Free Food' reasoning that big signs with 'Friday and Saturday night at the birdland ballroom, 'Free Food.' on it would bring in every black person for 100 miles. And Darrell was right, it did.
The idea was adopted despite Jareds objection that they would get killed.
And they set off for deep east Texas, the piney woods meca of the Birdland Ballroom.
As it ws told to me later, they showed up and began to play, and the crowd began to gather, everyone who came in asked where the free food was. "Its the band" was the answer.
"No, the food!"
"The bands name is free food."
"What?"
"Free Food is the name of the band."
"No, the free food."
And on and on it went. They played real good that night, and as everybody came hungry expecting the 'free food', and drank as much as they usually do, everybody was smashed and had a good time.
The evening was a total success.
The manager said as they were loading up their equipment, that it was the best night profit wise that the Ballroom had ever had.
And actually paid them!
Thank you Knife
