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Famous people attend your gig

#88
zombie1965 said:
Has it ever happened to you?

Invalid Link Removed turned up at one of our gigs and it happened to be the night we all looked like complete plonkers performing a night of cheesy 80's hair metal and rock covers for a "Rock of Ages" night. as if it could get any worse we were all wearing spandex and wigs and all but one of my band mates are big fans of his :dead:
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I had never heard of Lenman, so I checked out a video. First one I see is this:

Mindf***! For the uninitiated, just play the clip and watch it from the beginning. After a few minutes, the mindf*** will become apparent.
 
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#90
Does pre-celebrity count? One of our first gigs was a battle of the bands at the high school our drummer had gone to (was open to any band), Central HS in Manchester, NH. One of the guitar players in the winning band (not us!) was a senior at the high school that year ('83-'84), one Adam Sandler. I've had sour grapes ever since! ;)
 
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#92
Gaolee said:
In the highly unlikely event that anybody well known was ever in the audience when I was playing, it didn't cross my mind or awareness. It's genetic. My son is playing in LA now, and waiting on tables to help make ends meet. Every so often somebody will get all star struck and tell him who he just served lunch to. He doesn't know, nor does he really care. It's probably refreshing for them to be left alone. He's been on stage with a few famous people, and played in front of a lot more, but doesn't seem to care very much as long as they like the music.
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I'm the same. If anybody famous has been to any of my gigs, I wouldn't know it much less care about it. If I ever get a story to tell in this thread, it'll only be because somebody else pointed out the celeb to me.

I don't know half the "famous" names mentioned in this thread.


modulusman said:
That makes my head explode just looking at that.:D I have never used any floor pedals myself I don't know how you would keep tack of what does what.
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Like anything, it takes practice.

Also, it's like driving different cars. In your car, you know where all the controls are for the radio, heating, windshield defroster, wipers etc. Then a friend asks you to pick up his car, one you've never drove before and the windows are fogging up and you're fumbling around trying to find the control that diverts the heat from the floor to the dash/windscreen whilst trying to avoid crashing...

Wimbish knows his board, knows what does what, because he's the one who built it up and set each effect's parameters.
 
#95
BassBrass said:
I was playing a duet with a keyboard player at the Middle East Bakery, Cambridge MA USA and Mark Sandman came by to listen and hang out because he knew the keyboard player. He was a local music fan.
for those of you who don't know who that is, 2 string slide bass and vocalist, it's like a surprise visit from an angel of light
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Maaannnnn, I adore(d) the band Morphine. I was so down when I heard Mark passed. I really miss them. A band no one can really copy. The National sometimes makes me think of Morphine, yet different. Here's some more Morphine for the addicts.

 
#96
I was playing at the Bandshell in my hometown for the summer concerts that they do and turned out we had Gene Hoglan of Deathklok and Testament in the crowd...I felt a little embarrassed as I was with a cruddy little punk band at the time. Nevertheless he came up and talked to us for a bit and told us we had a good energy and to keep it up. Was on a bit of a high the rest of the night. :bassist:
 
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slipknotmaggot3 said:
I was playing at the Bandshell in my hometown for the summer concerts that they do and turned out we had Gene Hoglan of Deathklok and Testament in the crowd...I felt a little embarrassed as I was with a cruddy little punk band at the time. Nevertheless he came up and talked to us for a bit and told us we had a good energy and to keep it up. Was on a bit of a high the rest of the night. :bassist:
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that's awesome. i've heard he's a really good guy.
 
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#98
I was doing a soundcheck and this guy came up afterwards and asked if that was my rig and started complimenting me on the tone. I chuckled it away, played it down, saying it was all low-cost equipment, looked bigger than it is, good for hearing myself with decent tone at low volumes; we started talking about various stages, etc. We shook hands, said byes and I headed home to change clothes...then realized I was talking to Patrick Simmons of Doobie Brothers. Had to google images to make sure. Made my day as he's quite a stage sound designer.
 
#99
zombie1965 said:
Has it ever happened to you?
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Billy Gibbons came in and watched a whole set my jazz trio was playing at a winery tasting room one time. We all thought he was just some random biker there for the ZZ show later that day in their big amphitheater, 'till we saw his "handler." Link Removed
 
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Here's one that amuses me to this day: Back in the '70s, my band played a fundraising-dinner gig for an LA City Council candidate. Charlton Heston gave an endorcement speech and then introduced the candidate. After the candidate's address, Heston popped back on stage to introduce the band by name. We were stunned he did that. I think he may have taken a liking to our singer.
 

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