i saw phil lesh at the airport

discoboo · #1 11-17-2005, 11:34 PM

he was on line with his family a few steps behind me, taking the 7 a.m. red-eye out of vegas. he was a lot shorter than i expected.

FireBug · #2 11-18-2005, 12:08 AM

You serious?

BurningSkies · #3 11-18-2005, 07:00 AM

That's cool.

I met Phil, Bobby and Billy one day...I used to work at a record store and they dropped by for a visit while on tour. Phil was a nice guy...Bobby was a complete tweak.

skewh · #4 11-18-2005, 07:23 AM

Awesome, man! I've met Bobby a couple of times after shows, but he was always being rushed to the bus by his bouncer. He smiled and waved to all of us though. And a friend of mine delivered a pizza in Frisco to Bill Graham's free clinic; he talked to the customer for about ten minutes before he realized that it was Phil Lesh!

**baba** · #5 11-18-2005, 08:26 AM

I just read his new (band) autobiography "Searching for the Sound". Very good read, I highly recommend it.

**iriegnome** · #6 11-18-2005, 08:45 AM

Very cool chance meeting.

discoboo · #7 11-19-2005, 07:14 PM

the cool thing was that i had just seen him play at vegoose so i gave him the standard "great show at vegoose, phil!" then i called a bunch of my friends and was yelling into the phone "you won't believe it, but i'm on line with phil lesh." he was only a few people behind me so i'm sure he heard me but so what, he probably used to it. i wanted a picture, but it being 5:30 in the morning i didn't want to push it. i met mike gordon at bonnaroo this year, so i've been graced by some bass gods in '05. sweet!

Marcus · #8 11-20-2005, 02:22 PM

I hear Lesh is a really strange guy, especially if hold a conversation with'em. Supposedly, he's very detached. Who knows though?

PinkFloydDan · #9 11-20-2005, 04:55 PM

I met Lesh on his birthday last year at a bookstore. I still haven't had the pictures done yet. I will soon and post them, but I think I have some good ones.

The Golden Boy · #10 11-20-2005, 04:55 PM

Last year my almost brother in law repaired the Leslie cabs for "the Dead" shortly before they went on. He's not much of a Grateful Dead fan, so this is what I got: "yeah, I talked to one of the band guys... he was pretty cool, bass player, I think..."

Since he did try out the cabs with their organs, while there were people in the venue, I did let him know that he opened for "the Dead."

I bumped into the Ultimate Warrior in one airport and I was right behind Mary Lou Retton in another airport.

discoboo · #11 11-20-2005, 08:00 PM

the Ultimate Warrior...that's funny.

DigMe · #12 11-20-2005, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

I bumped into the Ultimate Warrior in one airport

Was he all painted up and wearing those ribbons on his arms?

brad cook

The Golden Boy · #13 11-20-2005, 08:58 PM

Nah, he was wearing a jean jacket with fringey things all over it. It was around 1988 I was coming out of the bathroom, he was going in. I remember my face hitting his chest and I was in my dress greens. I got quite the giggle out of it about a minute or so later after I realized who it was.