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Meeting someone famous.
- Thread starter Doc Mojo
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People I have met:
1) Rod Stewart, he is my 3rd cousin.
2) Alice Cooper- I met him in the golf section of Dicks Sporting Goods when I was young. My dad introduced us to him and told him we (My dad, my brother, and myself) played music. He was picking up some new clubs for the Valhalla Amateur Tournament.
1) Rod Stewart, he is my 3rd cousin.
2) Alice Cooper- I met him in the golf section of Dicks Sporting Goods when I was young. My dad introduced us to him and told him we (My dad, my brother, and myself) played music. He was picking up some new clubs for the Valhalla Amateur Tournament.
I've met Billy Sheehan, Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey and Anthony Wellington....all excellent musicians and "down to Earth" people. My youngest son (also a bassist) was with me when I met Billy Sheehan and Anthony Wellington....needless to say...he was a little "star struck"
I loved her on SNL and 30 Rock!!!
Had a security guard come in and take this with my phone:
Victor Wooten (while in music school)
Chester Thompson (Zappa, Genesis, etc. - teacher at said music school)
Chet Atkins (in a music store)
Trey Anastasio (Phish)
Mike Gordon (Phish)
Billy Cox (Band Of Gypsys/Hendrix)
Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix)
Bootsy Collins
Jeff Berlin
Garth Brooks (in the studio)
Ricky Skaggs (in his studio)
Robert Plant (Page/Plant backstage)
Bela Fleck (at a deli!)
Rick Wakeman (of Yes fame)
Billy Gibbons (in a restaurant)
Jack White (in a different restaurant)
Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts - played in his son's band)
There are more but I can't remember them all. You see a lot of famous people here in Nashville. I do my best to treat them like normal human beings.
Chester Thompson (Zappa, Genesis, etc. - teacher at said music school)
Chet Atkins (in a music store)
Trey Anastasio (Phish)
Mike Gordon (Phish)
Billy Cox (Band Of Gypsys/Hendrix)
Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix)
Bootsy Collins
Jeff Berlin
Garth Brooks (in the studio)
Ricky Skaggs (in his studio)
Robert Plant (Page/Plant backstage)
Bela Fleck (at a deli!)
Rick Wakeman (of Yes fame)
Billy Gibbons (in a restaurant)
Jack White (in a different restaurant)
Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts - played in his son's band)
There are more but I can't remember them all. You see a lot of famous people here in Nashville. I do my best to treat them like normal human beings.
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If I saw her in public I'd run like hell in the opposite direction.
I once worked for a newspaper (remember those?) as an entertainment reporter. It was my job to interview acts coming through town, so the list is huge. My most memorable celeb meeting was actually David Hasselhoff at a beach party in Mexico, of all places. We shared a short, inebriated convo where I told him how I loved him in Knight Rider as we both relieved ourselves at adjacent urinals. Not one of my shining moments. He was like, "ya, thanks." *ziiiiip
My friends got to meet Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee after a Rush show once. They were given Big Money, oversize novelty dollar bills, each with a different band members' face on it.
As for myself, I've got to meet Gene and Dean Ween, Terry Bozzio, Lemmy, Geoff Nichols, Bobby Rondinelli, Jeff Austin, and my friends and I once shared a table with Tony Iommi and Blackie Lawless for an hour or two.
As for myself, I've got to meet Gene and Dean Ween, Terry Bozzio, Lemmy, Geoff Nichols, Bobby Rondinelli, Jeff Austin, and my friends and I once shared a table with Tony Iommi and Blackie Lawless for an hour or two.
Jaco.
I met Jaco at an open mic night, where I played in the house band. He was passing through Durango, and stopped to play a set.
I met Jaco at an open mic night, where I played in the house band. He was passing through Durango, and stopped to play a set.
Only one time of note, when my husband and I got the "Meet and Greet" package for the Yes concert a couple of years back.
That's me, second from the right, with Chris Squire's hand on my shoulder. I was smiling so hard my face still hurts. What a thrill. We actually got to talk for about a minute. I have no idea what I said, I think something about being a fan since the 60's. I hope I didn't sound too much like an idiot.
That's me, second from the right, with Chris Squire's hand on my shoulder. I was smiling so hard my face still hurts. What a thrill. We actually got to talk for about a minute. I have no idea what I said, I think something about being a fan since the 60's. I hope I didn't sound too much like an idiot.
The post above reminded me about a couple of Yes meetings:
1. on the Big Generator tour, Alan White was doing clinics on the afternoons of shows. He was at a local music shop where I took bass lessons (I have always been a drummer as well) My friends and I arrived early. So early in fact, that we got to help set up the set he was using (which was one of the touring sets, not just one in the shop) and then go to talk to and eat lunch with him when he got to the store. At the time, I was known for always having a Mountain Dew 2 litre with me wherever I went. When he walked in, he had a Mountain Dew 2 liter. It was awesome, and sparked conversation. Very cool guy. I have pictures of us back to back chugging from the bottles somewhere. Only about 30 people showed up to the clinic, so it was pretty intimate. He was very encouraging to us young players. This was in 87 (or 88?)
2. 10 years later, i have a drum student at the high school I work with whose mom had gone to college with Alan. He was a very close family friend to them. He would periodically come out to marching band shows to see her play. It was funny that NO ONE in the crowd would recognize him, other than the other percussion instructors and some of the band staff types. At one of these times, they came back to the bus/trailer area to talk after a performance. They brought him over to introduce me to him, and he remembered me as being "The Mountain Dew guy from Columbus". It as awesome. WE all took pics, but by that time my diabetes had put the kibosh on Mountain Dew, so there was no Dew in the pics.
1. on the Big Generator tour, Alan White was doing clinics on the afternoons of shows. He was at a local music shop where I took bass lessons (I have always been a drummer as well) My friends and I arrived early. So early in fact, that we got to help set up the set he was using (which was one of the touring sets, not just one in the shop) and then go to talk to and eat lunch with him when he got to the store. At the time, I was known for always having a Mountain Dew 2 litre with me wherever I went. When he walked in, he had a Mountain Dew 2 liter. It was awesome, and sparked conversation. Very cool guy. I have pictures of us back to back chugging from the bottles somewhere. Only about 30 people showed up to the clinic, so it was pretty intimate. He was very encouraging to us young players. This was in 87 (or 88?)
2. 10 years later, i have a drum student at the high school I work with whose mom had gone to college with Alan. He was a very close family friend to them. He would periodically come out to marching band shows to see her play. It was funny that NO ONE in the crowd would recognize him, other than the other percussion instructors and some of the band staff types. At one of these times, they came back to the bus/trailer area to talk after a performance. They brought him over to introduce me to him, and he remembered me as being "The Mountain Dew guy from Columbus". It as awesome. WE all took pics, but by that time my diabetes had put the kibosh on Mountain Dew, so there was no Dew in the pics.
I know he's English, I can understand him when he sings, but I heard an interview of him on Sirrus XM a few months ago where I couldn't understand a word he said. He just sounded really messed up.
Only one time of note, when my husband and I got the "Meet and Greet" package for the Yes concert a couple of years back.
That's me, second from the right, with Chris Squire's hand on my shoulder. I was smiling so hard my face still hurts. What a thrill. We actually got to talk for about a minute. I have no idea what I said, I think something about being a fan since the 60's. I hope I didn't sound too much like an idiot.
And you two win the thread!
Glenn is not an unfriendly guy. He's just a typical east-coaster; stoic and business oriented. He wants to get on stage, play the show, and then move onto the next thing. Also he doesn't like it if you bring bootleg stuff. He won't sign it. Some people take issue with that but to me he just wants paid. Don't we all? So not UN-freindly per se but not warm and fuzzy either.
The Otep thing was kind of brief. Basically they arrived early to the gig and if you were outside waiting they let you come down and get stuff signed. Evil is a pretty cool guy. Otep is a textbook liberal, very concerned with left-wing politics, and a committed artist. She was doodling in a notebook between autographs. The guitarist was brand new at the time and kind of shy. I can't remember the drummer for some reason, I think he was just kinda there. It was a bit assembly line-ish but that was my take.
Understand a few things about Ozzy. The guy was born in an English slum. He was extremely poor and he was also dyslexic at a time when they didn't accommodate learning disabilities. So you're talking about a man who was not well educated and who also did a pretty good number on himself with drugs and alcohol. So yes he sounds a bit mumbled and uses a good bit of slang, but he's an upright dude. Lemmy Kilmister is similar. You gotta watch a lot of interviews and get used to how they speak. It's not that hard.
