Clint Black, Charlie Daniels, Craig Morgan, Garth Brooks, these are all famous country musicians and there are many more.
My question:
What do these famous people pay their band members on AVERAGE?
I already know what the country music stars make, but what do they pay their musicians?
Welcome to the board, krakerz. I’ve moved your question to Cafe Society because it’s about music.
Session players or road band?
I looked through my copies of “Dreaming Out Loud” by Bruce Feiler and “Get Hot or Get Home” by Lisa Gubernick. They both were published in the mid-90’s and are must reads for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes of country music. “A list” studio musicians typically got $1000 per day each. Your average hit-making act would pay their road band $200-$300 per day. Superstar acts paid “substantially more”. I don’t know if those rates have changed much since then.