No Gig is Worth it…

Right now in Seattle we’re having really bad winter weather. It’s a city that rarely gets snow. Last week I had all of my shows cancel, which isn’t a big deal, and this week I’ve got a corporate gig coming up where I have to cross 2 mountain passed to get to.


The question is, how much effort should you put into getting to the gig? I get leaving early, I get being uncomfortable, however when the State Patrol says you shouldn’t be driving and the Governor has declared a “State of Emergency”, does the show have to go on? All of the arena concerts in the area had cancelled, so the show doesn’t have to go on.


Best case scenario, I drive 4+ hours (in normal weather) do the gig, get paid and make it home uneventfully. Worst case scenario aside from a horrible car accident is that I get there after tons of delays, only to have the gig cancel on me, but I didn’t get the message because I was in the mountains and had no cell service and the cancellation is justified because of the weather, and then I get to hopefully make it home in a timely manner.


I have a friend that got severely injured driving to a gig in bad conditions, and she had to give up performing because of it. She will tell anyone that “no gig is worth it”. The young me was a “show must go on” type of person, but as I get older I’m realizing the “no gig is worth it” is a better saying.