The group has held down this job six nights per week for well over 30 years and counting. The longest running engagement that I have ever heard of is The Society of Seven’s current engagement at The Outrigger Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu. Most full time employees would consider 30 years a career and then retire after that much work. Legend has it that this band has been playing at the venue four to six nights a week for the better part of three decades. I heard a story about an Irish Pub owner who went to Ireland some 30 years ago and actually brought an Irish Band over to play music in his nightclub. In my business, steady is the operative word here as the vast majority of musicians in the world whether they play Jazz, Blues, Country or Hard Rock are by and large always looking for work. This gig has been going on for over a decade with no apparent end in sight. The longest running gig that I have ever held, which is still going, is playing the concert grand piano at The Bellevue Collection. The weekly restaurant and nightclub gigs often lasted two or three years, sometimes more. Most of the gigs have been at very respectable establishments like The Crowne Plaza, The Edgewater, The Executive Inn, El Gaucho, The Silver Dragon, The Tulalip Hotel and more recently, the Snoqualmie Casino 12 Moons Asian Bistro. Over the years, I have had the good fortune to play many long running engagements.
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