Well, that might not even possible, but hey, you gotta try something. What do you think of this idea? This is for a gig idea for honky tonk bars. Not big bars at all, even those in small towns. The idea is to get at least $100 a night (solo) and hope for more on Friday or Saturday.

Sun - Thu : Venue pays me $50 + $2 cover
Fri - Sat : Venue pays me $100 + $2 cover

You wouldn't need a door man, the bartender can see who comes in and get the $2. The $2 is low enough, it shouldn't scare anyone off.

You could just go for getting the door only (and charge more) but heck, the bar owner should be able to go for $50 to $100 and you could keep the cover charge less ($2).

You have trouble everywhere but this is a college town and bands will play for little of nothing and even NOTHING. I'm thinking of branching out into smaller surrounding towns and hit up the honky tonks.