Favorite comment from a performer to the audience

[frankenstein]

My favorite is....I suffered for my music now it's your turn.

[MikeEdgerton]

"Hurry up, we're getting a walking ovation here"

--Mike Snider (talking to one of the announcers doing a commercial for WSM on the Opry)

[tonyvt]

"This is a Kumbaya Free Zone"

Steve Coyle, formerly of The Waybacks responding to a drunks request for this old campfire standard at a show in Vermont.

[Psyberbilly]

Ray Wylie Hubbard , " So THAT'S what a smattering sounds like ..."

[Bill Van Liere]

"Well, I don't have much fun playin bluegrass, but I sure do make the money."

Kenny Smith

[sunburst]

"Thank you, music lovers!"

Spike Jones


"Bless your heart, and all your vital organs."

John Duffy


"I'd like to say that this is one of my favorite songs... but I can't say that."

Charlie Waller

[GRW3]

Sometime in the mid '90s I was at The Landing, the local jazz club where they record the NPR jazz show. Somebody in the audience asked the Jim Cullum, the bandleader, if they did request. His answer:

"Do we do requests? Yes. We're working some from 1985 tonight."

[Steve L]

Irish fiddler Frankie Gavin came onstage at The Burren in Somerville, Ma and looked out at the audience.

"Are you all right?", he asked. "You look nervous. Don't worry, you're gonna do just fine.".

[Mandolin Mick]

"Yeah, I remember my first beer ..."

[frankenstein]

Melbourne band the Guitars of Love.. Now we'd like to play an instrumental, please sing along.

[Hallmark498]

"We had few request tonight, but were going to sing them anyways"

[Scotti Adams]

Harley Allen to his dad Red. "If you were around more when I was growing up I may have gotten braces for me teeth" Red to Harley "If I was around more you wouldnt have had any teeth.

Although not directed to the audience persay it was very funny.

Also Red to the audience.... "The Doctor told me to have a drink each night before I went to bed, Last night I went to bed 17 times"

[Shelagh Moore]

Can't remember the band now...

"Thank you, thank you! You've made an old man very happy!" (aside to another band member "You are happy aren't you Bob?")

[fredfrank]

Jethro Burns after the opening song: "We only know two songs, and we always do one of them first. Which one do you want to do now?"

[Mandoviol]

From Stan Rogers' Home in Halifax: "We've played this song and impregnated whole audiences."

[JMUSIC]

Someone in the audience to Neil Young..."they all sound the same" Neil Young back at him..."They're all the same song..."

[JMUSIC]

My band at a 100 degree + day gig..."we would like to thank our sponsor today, Gold Bond Powder"

[AlanN]

Jethro before the opening song: "Can we have the applause now?"

[jaycat]

Les Paul to me: "Where are you going?" as I stood up to give him a standing o at the Iridium.

[Fred Keller]

My previous band's guitar player to b*&j# player, after kicking into a break on "Will You Be Lovin' Another Man?": "Love another man on that five-string, Steve!"

[mandopete]

"This is one of your favorite songs, we hope it's one of ours"

[AlanN]

Bill Yates to James Bailey (before launching into Foggy Mtn. Breakdown):

"Heck, it's on the first page of every banjo book."

[Martian]

We've had a couple of requests, but we are going to play anyhow, and the banjo won't fit!

[Patrick Hull]

I'm going to do an old favorite, and it goes something like this......(actually I hope it goes exactly like this.....)

[Rick Cadger]

"Raise your hands if you've seen me play before... I don't suppose any of you remember what song I do next? No, me neither..."