Jeff R Posted September 14, 2009 Posted September 14, 2009 Some of my Facebook friends heard this story over the weekend. For the rest of youse in the Peanut Gallery...So True Too Life was playing this weekend at a fundraiser for the zoological park in Jackson, MS. We get there and we're on an outdoor stage in the middle of the zoo, so we're surrounded by animal cages kinda like a little amphitheater. We go about our business, setting up the PA system and the lights, you know the drill.Comes time to test the mains and we do what we usually do - load a bouncy dance song on the CD player and start shaking the place up a little to warm up the crowd as we test main volumes, enclosures, eq and monitors, yada yada. So we go after it for about 10 minutes and one of the khaki-clad zoo handlers comes running up to the stage. She's smiling and happy, so we know we aren't like in trouble or anything but we're wondering what's up."I'm sorry, but can I ask you guys to turn it down just for about 10 minutes? We're gonna put the giraffes to sleep."She explained that the giraffes had a separate sleeping quarters for evening hours and it was time to herd them over, but they were a little spooked by the music and the keepers were worried they might hurt themselves or the keepers making the move.No problem, we turn it down. Coupla minutes later, about 100 yards away over a line of tall shrubs and trees, we see three giraffe heads a-bobbin' over the thicket, making their way away (somewhat swiftly) towards their shelter. The keeper came back about 10 minutes later and told us the giraffes were tucked in for the evening, and she thanked us for helping out.Okay, now who can say they've had a sound check delayed so the giraffes could be put to bed? LMAO!
cmatthes Posted September 14, 2009 Posted September 14, 2009 Not me!Turdus' band played at the National Zoo here a few years back, but they were over by the Lions and Tigers, and everybody knows those cats love the rock...
Hamer95USA Posted September 14, 2009 Posted September 14, 2009 Hey Jeff R, Cool gig at the zoo!! Did you guys play "Wild Thing"? That was very respectful of your band to turn down the P.A. system break music so it wouldn't spook the giraffes being moved to their sleeping quarters. Not all animals like music especially if it's loud or has a lot of low end to it. Guitar George
Jeff R Posted September 14, 2009 Author Posted September 14, 2009 No kidding, GG, I'd imagine most of the animals there were a little, eh, disrupted by the time we left. At least it was all for a good cause. And we didn't do "Wild Thing" but we woulda darn sure did "Jungle Boogie" if we had a horn section
geoff_hartwell Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Woah - As I read the beginning of the story I thought you meant she was gonna "Put them to SLEEP"... Thank god it went where it did... I like this ending much better - Always an adventure! Geoff
Stevieconlon Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Very cool.You could've played The Zoo or Eye of the Tiger!
custom53 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Too cool...! Should have taken some pictures to go with the story...!
BruceM Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Funny story!One of the best music venues in the Twin Cities is at the MN Zoo. There's a 1200 seat amphitheater at the zoo right outside the tiger enclosure, and I've seen many very good acts there: Lucinda, Los Lobos, Eric Johnson, the Avett Brothers, Dwight Yoakam, etc. I've often wondered what kind of havoc a rock-addled tiger could wreak if she could somehow leap the boundaries of the enclosure.
santellavision Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Funny Story! I thought for second that you were going to tell a bad story about an wild animal escaping.
velorush Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 I never expected such a story! Cool! Well, he was unanimously voted Coolest HFCer!
Steve Haynie Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Somehow you need to work giraffes into the design of a CD cover or T-shirt. They always look cool.
lonote049 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 "They all axed for you, they all axed for you!"
Frank Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Somehow you need to work giraffes into the design of a CD cover or T-shirt. They always look cool.Snoring, zonked out giraffes!Great story.
Jeff R Posted September 15, 2009 Author Posted September 15, 2009 From a fellow HFC'er ... and I AM LAUGHING MY ASS OFF !!!!!
cmatthes Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 http://www.hulu.com/watch/42614/saturday-night-live-giraffesGiraffes!
BubbaVO Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 From a fellow HFC'er ... and I AM LAUGHING MY ASS OFF !!!!! That is too funny!
lonote049 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Well, thanks to this I have graduated from spewing fluids onto my monitor to experiencing...um...incontinence. Thanks!
harry65 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 i'm suprised more animals weren't completely losing it , there hearing is tons more sensitive than ours for the most part , funny shit.........................
Steve Haynie Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Well, thanks to this I have graduated from spewing fluids onto my monitor to experiencing...um...incontinence. Thanks! Yeah, we're all getting older.
lonote049 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 I knew getting old was going to be bad, I just didn't know it was going to be this bad.
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