Post #377077 by tiki mick on Tue, Apr 29, 2008 7:02 PM

For me, a lot of the time I rate places I want to play at by how well I am treated. I have done gigs were the management or even proprietor make you feel like they are doing you this huge favor in letting you play at thier crummy joint. Others, make you feel valued and act more like friends when it comes to all the business arrangements. JonPaul and Marie fall into that latter category. Though they are all business and highly professional when it comes to running a bar, they are also extremely warm and friendly people! Excuse me for saying this, but there are not a lot of people running things these days that are like them. I actually want to play for them. I want to haul my lazy, tired-from-work carcass out and play for them. Probably because they are musicans themselves, and know the score, but also because they are real, genuine people without that "cooler then you" attitude I have seen.
That's what makes a place like Buster's a hidden secret. Though other places may have more tikis and whatnot, they lack that personal touch you get when dealing with decent and kind people like the people at Busters.