As I have continued to read the biography on Slash, I came across a cool story of him and his band’s first gig. They were driving all the way from L.A. to Seattle and playing at clubs between the two cities. After about driving 250 miles their car broke down and they had to push it to a gas station that was about 5 miles away. When they got there they found out that it would take a week for them to get the parts they needed, so they decided to walk to Seattle (were their finale show was suppose to be) and try to make at least one show. They left their “manager” behind with the car, took what they could carry and started walking. They walked for about 100 miles when they started to hitchhike and got picked up by a trucker, who drove them almost the whole way but they ditched him because they decided that walking would be better than listening to some old annoying trucker. They walked to Seattle and made their finale show (which was actually their first show ever).
I would have to say that that journey took a lot of determination and group effort being that everyone in the band made the long walk. Within this story I figured out another thing me and Slash have in common, DETERMINATION. The reason I say that is because when I start something I have to finish it, and when they started their “tour” they finished it.
This is a really great story .. I can really learn from this ... Can't wait to hear more about it
ReplyDeletePretty crazy story! Sounds like a real "rags to riches story"!
ReplyDeleteThat defiantly sucks for them. I feel bad that they had to carry all their instruments and all their equipment for over 100 miles. I hope I will never have to do such a thing. But great story and I can’t wait to here more about slash. :)
ReplyDeleteI feel really bad that they had to carry all of their things. I knwo I would never have been able to do that. And even if I did I would need to take so much break because 100 miles is really far.Keep up the good job !!!!!♥
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