Along those same lines, there are a lot more markets out there than the usual, low-paying, restaurant/bar jobs. The senior circuit is far more lucrative and so are private parties. Picking up $500 to $1,000 for a private party makes for a pretty good afternoon or evening wages.

Every couple years is election year, and those politicians need lots of other people's money to stay in, or get into that cushy job. On most election years, especially the local and state elections, I was always able to pick up 50 to 75 jobs, and while you were booked for 3 hours, you rarely played more than an hour and a half because all the rest of the time the politicos were on stage making speeches. And, every time I performed a political fund raiser, I gave out loads of cards to other politicians and their supporters who also held fund raisers and private parties. Fund raisers can pay very, very well. I had $500 minimum for fund political fund raisers.

Good topic, Russ,

Gary