The Great Gig Book (Blue Book)

[engelbach]

Doh! I just read the fine print on the 1996 edition and as Bob said, and I should have noted ...that the pages are not continuous for more to be added later, which it appears never happened.

My printed copies are older than the 1996 edition too, but I did grab the newest PDF from online....

Doc

Doc,

As I just did as well, to my edification. It's much cleaner than the old one.

I never had a printed copy of the GGB, just a digital.

My experience was different from yours. My band had an extensive playlist of tunes that we knew, so we rarely used books on gigs. If there was something we didn't all know, at least one of the musicians usually did and we'd play off him.

The only exception was for requests for things none of us knew — like movie themes, pop tunes, and other non-standards — which the client was required to ask for in advance, and for which I would make charts.

Cheers,
Jer