I want to respectfully disagree with Gary's suggestion to avoid ballads or slow songs...

I play a couple of these in every hour long NH show. I've done it since I started...and its never been mentioned to me by an activity director, and it certainly hasn't hurt my business.

Today, I had an afternoon gig at a local nursing home and I know I played both Always On My Mind by Willie Nelson and I left my heart in SF (which was a request)

Both were very well recieved, people got up and danced to both numbers, and the whole show was just fine...

IF you do ballads, YES, be careful how you plug them in, DO NOT play them back to back if at all possible...Just use your head...

Maybe my crowds are easier to please than Gary's are, I don't know...



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Bill in Dayton