I have multiple rigs for back-to-back jobs. and, I play jobs that pay enough to pay my kids (one plays bass in my trio-the other works our DJ and mobile sound operation) to completely set up for the job. When they are finished with the first one, they go on to the second. I finish the first and we switch places. They tear the first one down while I'm on the second one. They're excellent sound techs, so they balance the sound for the room, plug in the Ipod for background/break music, etc...even choose which sound equipment is right for most of the gigs.

Multiple set-ups let me leave the B-3 and Rhodes in storage at the club where I use them, leave a 2nd unit at a restaurant/house job and still have two set-ups for back-to-back gigs. Of course, the equipment needs change. Sometimes, it's a small trio job with a 4 channel PA, a guitar, mike and bass and guitar amplifiers. Other times, it's TurboSound speakers, 24 channel board, 4000 watts of Crown power, 4 keyboards, three stringed instruments, 2 other amps...whatever it takes to do a party for 4-5000 at Keeneland Track, the Governors mansion, etc.

I don't do nursing homes and am a really active advocate for Federally regulated standards regarding staffing, accountability and care standards.

Look up the Federal ratings of the nursing homes you play regularly. You'll be shocked!

Russ