awesome band...and a bunch of really cool guys, too. i met them in spain once when my last submarine pulled in for a port call there. new moonspell album coming out soon!
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awesome band...and a bunch of really cool guys, too. i met them in spain once when my last submarine pulled in for a port call there. new moonspell album coming out soon!
That's really cool Bliss! Jimmy G knows how to put on a show. I may have actually been at that show, I rarely missed a Murphy's Law show "back in the day". What band were you in at the time?
Very true. We opened up for Heather Nova once (some of you may have no idea who she is), but after the show we hung out and talked for a while (the venue gave a free lunch afterwards, pretty cool). She was really cool and she even sat on my Trace Elliot 15"
Other than her, I haven't met too many friendly "famous" people.
Eons ago a band I was playing in used to play frequently with this pop punk/ska band that were friends of ours. I lost touch with them and years later I would see their bassist on TV calling himself "Phoenix" and playing in some band called Linkin Park.
ah,, the (tasty) SNAX ey? I remember a concert of theirs a few years back,, the venue (a church) actually dropped the door price and started BEGGING people to come in. He's in a bit of a different fix right now.
Tom7
I'm so bright, my mom called me son! ;-)
Lonestar (country / pop band) came to Alaska a couple of years back and I got asked to be in a group that was quickly thrown together to open for them.
These guys could not have been cooler. We hung with them back stage, they filmed home movies with us joking around with them and they took photos with us. During the course of the day one of them even pulled me aside and gave me some quick advice about the girl I was with, telling me she was gorgeous and to hang on to her.
Anyway, the Sullivan Arena sound guys are notoriously bad and Lonestar's sound check went very long, not leaving us a sound check at all. It was horrible; I couldn't hear anything but what was bouncing back to us a half a second late. Halfway through the first song the crowd burst into applause and I wondered, "What the heck?!" Afterward I learned that it took the sound guys half the song to realize the lead vocalist's mic was turned all the way down. When they finally turned it up, the crowd applauded in sarcasm. Nightmare.
At any rate, during Lonestar's encore, a group of people tossed my shy, skinny little daughter up on to the stage. She was horrified. The lead singer just went over to her and danced with her while he sang; very classy.
After all the concert was done, one of the guys came up and told me that he thought I was a heck of a bass player. I appreciated the compliment, but I did wonder how on earth he could tell. He probably couldn't; he is probably just a really great guy.
Why wouldn't a band be great to people? That night they won over at least one new fan: me. Oh, and my daughter!
These guys could not have been cooler. We hung with them back stage, they filmed home movies with us joking around with them and they took photos with us. During the course of the day one of them even pulled me aside and gave me some quick advice about the girl I was with, telling me she was gorgeous and to hang on to her.
Anyway, the Sullivan Arena sound guys are notoriously bad and Lonestar's sound check went very long, not leaving us a sound check at all. It was horrible; I couldn't hear anything but what was bouncing back to us a half a second late. Halfway through the first song the crowd burst into applause and I wondered, "What the heck?!" Afterward I learned that it took the sound guys half the song to realize the lead vocalist's mic was turned all the way down. When they finally turned it up, the crowd applauded in sarcasm. Nightmare.
At any rate, during Lonestar's encore, a group of people tossed my shy, skinny little daughter up on to the stage. She was horrified. The lead singer just went over to her and danced with her while he sang; very classy.
After all the concert was done, one of the guys came up and told me that he thought I was a heck of a bass player. I appreciated the compliment, but I did wonder how on earth he could tell. He probably couldn't; he is probably just a really great guy.
Why wouldn't a band be great to people? That night they won over at least one new fan: me. Oh, and my daughter!
In the same vein, I took my daughter to the EMP, Experience Music Project in Seattle the year it opened. By coincidence, Bonnie Raitt was there.
She was getting the red carpet treatment and I have always been a big fan. I asked if I could take a picture with her but she said " Sorry Bud, if I let you then everyone will want one." I could understand, but my daughter said " who does she think she is, Elvis?".
She was getting the red carpet treatment and I have always been a big fan. I asked if I could take a picture with her but she said " Sorry Bud, if I let you then everyone will want one." I could understand, but my daughter said " who does she think she is, Elvis?".
Yeah, that's the one. I wonder what happened to the rest of them...
Yeah, he's definetly in a different fix now...
I had the odd pleasure of being in a band that opened for "Gang War". Featuring Wyane kramer (MC5) and the late Johnny Thunders RIP.(New York Dolls & Heartbreakers).
Thunders was so messed up Kramer kept turning his amp down or off. The noise coming out was horrible. That was most of the entertainment. I applaud Wayne Kramer for not K.O.'ing him with a guitar.
Another band I was in opened for JFA(Jodie Foster's Army) A skate/thrash style band. What fun!
And lastly we opened for Throwing Muses. A few times at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit(1986 or so). A great stage and P.A.
Thunders was so messed up Kramer kept turning his amp down or off. The noise coming out was horrible. That was most of the entertainment. I applaud Wayne Kramer for not K.O.'ing him with a guitar.
Another band I was in opened for JFA(Jodie Foster's Army) A skate/thrash style band. What fun!
And lastly we opened for Throwing Muses. A few times at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit(1986 or so). A great stage and P.A.
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Hmm, let's see, I've opened for Public Enemy in Atlanta, Ozomatli (Great guys!) in LA, Black Eyed Peas in Pamona, Sum 41, Mighty Mighty Bosstones & the Long Beach Dub Allstars in Jersey (Warped Tour), Kool Keith in Atlanta, Tony Rich (Ego), Cory Glover (VERY cool guy), Gus Gus & Goldie in Miami, 2 Live Crew at Ga. Tech, Fela Kuti at the Montreaux Jazz Fest, and Stevie Wonder sat in with my R&B band when we did a cover of "That Girl".
As a rapper, I've opened for NWA, MC Hammer, Heavy D & the Boyz, Bobby Brown, EPMD, Rob Base, Ice T, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy, Biz Markie( he left a VERY stinky mic!),Salt N Pepa ...........
As a rapper, I've opened for NWA, MC Hammer, Heavy D & the Boyz, Bobby Brown, EPMD, Rob Base, Ice T, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy, Biz Markie( he left a VERY stinky mic!),Salt N Pepa ...........
Opened for "Book of Love" back in '88 or so. Ummm, I'm sure hoping that doesn't count any against my allotted 15 minutes of fame...
Opened for Ian Moore back in Little Rock...
Opened for Lee Greenwood and we had Rockappella open for us one time...
Opened for Lee Greenwood and we had Rockappella open for us one time...
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Great story Henry.
I love Rick Derringer. And he can smoke just about any
guitarist alive! Not that he would ever say such a thing.
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Opened up for Boston, Scorpions, Mafred Mann's Earthband, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Walter Trout.........................
Not to rain on anyone's parade...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand. The very first show in North America that Led Zeppelin did, the group Iron Butterfly opened up for them and they never even got to finish Innagaddadivida before getting booed off the stage.
From that point on, no one opened for Led Zeppelin. They did their shows solo.
I might be wrong...but that's what I recall.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand. The very first show in North America that Led Zeppelin did, the group Iron Butterfly opened up for them and they never even got to finish Innagaddadivida before getting booed off the stage.
From that point on, no one opened for Led Zeppelin. They did their shows solo.
I might be wrong...but that's what I recall.
