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Whose the most famous person you've ever met
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Most famous would probably be Jerry Springer, while he was mayor of my hometown. But I remember most Charles Mingus, who took the time to call me a 'Honky Motherf&^#r.
Bobby Sherman. Also a bunch of bass players who may be famous here, but nowhere else - Nathan East, Bootsy Collins, Tony Levin, Lee Sklar, Victor Wooten, Matt Garrison, Janek Gwizdala, Andrew Gouche, Fieldy, Norm Stockton, Michael Manring, Mike Pope, Ed Friedland and maybe some others.
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Most of the Grateful Dead, Jorma and Jack Cassidy of Hot Tuna. Stephen Stills. Frank Zappa. Mötley Crüe. All of Blues Traveler, Spind Doctors, Bosstones, numerous Ska bands, Angelo Moore from fishbone. Mad Professor. Yellowman and Sagittarius Band, Eek-a-Mouse. The Abyssinians, The Skatalites, Toots Hibbert, all of Inner Circle, Third World, the Wailers... A ton of punk bands and people including Guys like Ian McKaye, Mike Ness, Exene, etc, etc, etc.
This reminded me that I let my keyboard player at the time borrow my bass for a Tull Tribute show he was doing for Dave Pegg to use. So Dave Pegg played my bass. I couldn't attend the show for one reason or another to meet him though.
If anyone knows who Ken Baker is (E! Entertainment Journalist, author) I guess he'd be the only famous person I know. His name comes up first if you google him so he's got to be famous! (Haha) We grew up in the same neighborhood and he played drums in our band around 1986 or so. Great guy!
For some reason, I only had musician types in mind when I posted before. I also had the pleasure/dismay of dealing with:
Michael Lang (Woodstock)
Alan Rubin (Blues Bros)
Larry from Perfect Strangers (TV)
Trump
Mario Cuomo
Jesse Jackson
George Pataki
Jimmy Fallon
Mike Tyson
Livingston Bramble (beat Boom Boom Mancini)
Michael Lang (Woodstock)
Alan Rubin (Blues Bros)
Larry from Perfect Strangers (TV)
Trump
Mario Cuomo
Jesse Jackson
George Pataki
Jimmy Fallon
Mike Tyson
Livingston Bramble (beat Boom Boom Mancini)
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1. In about 1989, I was traveling by Greyhound bus, and I was sitting on a curb, outside the Greyhound station, around 6:00 am, in Salt Lake City. A guy in a leather coat, and another guy, walked up and listened to me sing an original song, strumming my 6 string acoustic. The guy in the leather coat said, "you sound pretty good. You've got a great voice, and I really like the song. You definitely could make it in the business." I didn't think much of it; he could be some yahoo, or pulling my chain, whatever. He said, "and I know a think or two about the business, since my band did pretty well." I asked him what band he was in, and he smiled, and said, "Three Dog Night." The guy was Corey Wells. I don't know who the other guy was.
2. Earlier, around 1987, I was waiting tables at Oliver's, which was a little crappy restaurant in the Holiday Inn in Boulder Colorado. I waited on Mick Fleetwood. He wanted an omelet, but it was lunchtime. I told the cook, "Mick Fleetwood wants an omelet," and he said, "it's lunchtime. Did you say Mick Fleetwood?" He came out, looked at him from the hallway, and said, "that guy DOES look like Mick Fleetwood." I said, "no one looks like Mick Fleetwood; that IS Mick Fleetwood." He decided Mick Fleetwood could have an omelet. Mick looked strung out, and he held his fork against my chest, and said, "you're my waiter." He was right, of course, but I already knew that. He was in town with Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, playing a club called the Boulder Coast with Little Feat. I believe that night he blew the audience's mind with a guest appearance by none other than his former "girlfriend," Stevie Nicks. (they had a fling, and were always good friends.) Mick talked to me about an omelet, the fact that I was his waiter, what he wanted to drink, and may have indicated in some way that everything was to his satisfaction. He left me a dollar tip, and I never once even suggested I knew who he was.
3. In 1999, I managed a Real Estate/Mortgage Loan office. One of our agents was named Jerry Marbley. He was friends with Jake Reed of the Minnesota Vikings. Jerry and I went to a game, against the 49ers, which we won, with, of all people, Jeff George at QB. We sat behind Cris Carter's wife and young son. Every time Cris took a hit, I saw his wife wince, and when Cris did his famous thing of walking over to the sidelines, flexing his muscles and pointing, I realized he was pointing at them. When the game got over, I wanted to hurry up and get out of there, and beat the crowd, but Jerry said, "no, hang on a second." We ended up going down the tunnel, where I met all the local sports TV people, and Jimmy Hitchcock's son made fun of me for having long hair. I met one of my all-time heroes, John Randle, as well as Robert Griffith, (who was nowhere near as big as I thought he'd be, but still very imposing,) and a kid by the name of Randy Moss, who was friendly, funny, and engaging. I did not get to meet Randall Cunningham, or Coach (Dennis) Green, and I would have liked to, but that was cool. We spent about an hour with those guys, and they treated me very well.
2. Earlier, around 1987, I was waiting tables at Oliver's, which was a little crappy restaurant in the Holiday Inn in Boulder Colorado. I waited on Mick Fleetwood. He wanted an omelet, but it was lunchtime. I told the cook, "Mick Fleetwood wants an omelet," and he said, "it's lunchtime. Did you say Mick Fleetwood?" He came out, looked at him from the hallway, and said, "that guy DOES look like Mick Fleetwood." I said, "no one looks like Mick Fleetwood; that IS Mick Fleetwood." He decided Mick Fleetwood could have an omelet. Mick looked strung out, and he held his fork against my chest, and said, "you're my waiter." He was right, of course, but I already knew that. He was in town with Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, playing a club called the Boulder Coast with Little Feat. I believe that night he blew the audience's mind with a guest appearance by none other than his former "girlfriend," Stevie Nicks. (they had a fling, and were always good friends.) Mick talked to me about an omelet, the fact that I was his waiter, what he wanted to drink, and may have indicated in some way that everything was to his satisfaction. He left me a dollar tip, and I never once even suggested I knew who he was.
3. In 1999, I managed a Real Estate/Mortgage Loan office. One of our agents was named Jerry Marbley. He was friends with Jake Reed of the Minnesota Vikings. Jerry and I went to a game, against the 49ers, which we won, with, of all people, Jeff George at QB. We sat behind Cris Carter's wife and young son. Every time Cris took a hit, I saw his wife wince, and when Cris did his famous thing of walking over to the sidelines, flexing his muscles and pointing, I realized he was pointing at them. When the game got over, I wanted to hurry up and get out of there, and beat the crowd, but Jerry said, "no, hang on a second." We ended up going down the tunnel, where I met all the local sports TV people, and Jimmy Hitchcock's son made fun of me for having long hair. I met one of my all-time heroes, John Randle, as well as Robert Griffith, (who was nowhere near as big as I thought he'd be, but still very imposing,) and a kid by the name of Randy Moss, who was friendly, funny, and engaging. I did not get to meet Randall Cunningham, or Coach (Dennis) Green, and I would have liked to, but that was cool. We spent about an hour with those guys, and they treated me very well.
Your hair and his beard form a sort of yin/yang with the direction of their swoosh. Swoosh is a Nike word.
I never noticed that. At my age, I'm thrilled to have hair.
Reverend Fred Shuttles worth - Civil Rights legend. Lots of famous Celtic musicians. Altan , Dervish, Martin Carthy,Richard Thompson.
Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain
Before he was Ohio Governor John Gilligan ate dinner with my family. My dad went to college with him.
The entire Cincinnati Royals pro basketball team.
Hmm I served mint juleps to Loni Anderson and Roseanne Barr in the stands at the Kentucky Derby. Not sure if that counts though.
Oh yeah.. Eric Johnson too. A friend of mine knows him so he came out to talk to us after a show in Dayton. Joe Satriani at a GC clinic...
Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain
Before he was Ohio Governor John Gilligan ate dinner with my family. My dad went to college with him.
The entire Cincinnati Royals pro basketball team.
Hmm I served mint juleps to Loni Anderson and Roseanne Barr in the stands at the Kentucky Derby. Not sure if that counts though.
Oh yeah.. Eric Johnson too. A friend of mine knows him so he came out to talk to us after a show in Dayton. Joe Satriani at a GC clinic...
