“My mom watched the bar for me, I threw my bass over my shoulder, and did the audition”: How Eva Gardner landed one of her biggest jobs
Bassist Eva Gardner, a founding member of The Mars Volta, has recalled how she squeezed in an audition to play for pop artist Pink while juggling a restaurant job.
Gardner joined Pink’s band in 2007, and has played with a number of musicians across the pop and rock worlds throughout her career, including Cher, Gwen Stefani, and Veruca Salt. At the time of her audition for Pink, she was working as a bartender for her family’s own restaurant in LA, The Cat and Fiddle.
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In an interview with Guitar World, Gardner reveals how after a TV gig for Rock Star: INXS back in 2005 didn’t work out, the musical director from the show’s auditions contacted her two years on to ask if she’d try out for Pink.
“It was an audition at S.I.R. on Sunset,” she tells the outlet. “I was bartending in the daytime, and I was like, ‘Hey, Mom, can you just watch the bar for like half an hour? I have an audition across the street…’
“So, my mom watched the bar for me, I threw my bass over my shoulder, ran across the street, and did the audition. After it was done, I ran back across the street, finished up my shift, and got a call a couple of days later that I’d gotten it. That was 18 years ago.”
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She later adds, “I had three days to learn the entire set, get on a plane, and fly to Ireland. I had one rehearsal with the band, I met Pink at soundcheck right before the first show, and then I’m playing in front of thousands and thousands of people!”
The Mars Volta released their most recent album, Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio, back in April. You can catch them on tour from October-November this year.
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