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Location: Michigan | i asked this about 4 years ago with some pretty cool replies.
so it has been a while so does anyone got a story or tale of a meeting or a sighting of a celebrity or a famous band or act ?
my last one was at the bitter cold jam where i met the artist duo known as
:eek: slipkid & brian t :eek:
they are both pretty much down to earth people who will take the time to talk to you and not snub you away :D .GWB
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | I met the guys from Slaughter and Extreme at the China CLub in NYC when we did the Victory Parade for Desert Storm.
We were in the city for a week and could only go off for liberty in our uniforms.
Apparantly, Marines just back from combat are not allowed to pay for much of anything in NYC :)
We had a blast.
The guys from Extreme were dicks, and I told them what I though of them in no uncertain terms.
I was much bigger than they were and they quietly slipped away.
The Slaughter guys were awesome, we hung out with them all night.
I met Jeb Bush when he came to one of the Hurricane Shelters I was assigned to in 2004 when I was with the Sheriff's Office, cool dud for a politician.
I met Gary Senise at Fort Stewart in 2003 when my Reserve Unit was activated in support of OEF.
Fantastic little guy.
Met William Forsythe in Puerto Rico, a character actor.
When I was living in LA before I went in the Corps, my Uncle had a classic car resto shop and we got some "Hollywood" clients occasionaly:
Tony Decker from the old Tour of Duty TV show,
Michael Ironsides, Micky Jones (the stereo-typical biker dude, he used to be Kenny Rogers drummer, he's tons of character bits. The last thing I remember him in was Slingblade, played a big bearded member of Dwight Yokum's character's band), Stockard Channing, etc.
I "street raced" Adam Rich from Eight is Enough one afternoon, his BMW against my Uncle's Caddy, he won :)
Hulk Hogan, damn he's a big dude but really nice.
Met tons of Famous drag racers: Don Prudome, Shirley Muldowney, Don Garlits (him several times, he has a drag racing museum/classic car museum outside of Ocala, FL, talked with him there several times, he signed a big drag slick for me before I went off to Desert Storm)etc.
All were really cool except for the A@#holes from Extreme, oh and Ty Pennington from the show Extreme Home Makeover or something like that, he's a big stuck up too but relatively tolerable.
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Does this count?? 
Glen and Bluebird
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Location: Michigan |
:eek: slipkid & brian t :eek:
they are both pretty much down to earth people who will take the time to talk to you and not snub you away :D .GWB
anyone [/QB] I don't know about that, Brian can be very abusive to guitars the way he is always bending the strings without remorse. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Boy, that guy gets around, doesn't he?
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Location: Boise, Idaho | On the Adamas side, Preston Reed and Adrian Legg. Just the after the concert chat and buy CD's sort of stuff.
Last year in Germany we met Karl (Charlie Ramon), but also stayed in a nice guesthouse on the north end of Zell am Zee (sp?). In the bar before dinner the manager asked if we'd mind if Wolfgang Porsche joined us for dinner. He joined us and invited our group to his house for espresso the next morning. |
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Location: Tennessee | Lookie there ... the magic 10k for MIB right there. I met him in a parking lot once. Not a bad guy for being a Porsche driver. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Damn. I was trying to avoid that milestone, but got caught up with the Black Hills road trip thing. The Porsche is for sale, but I don't think I better post it here. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I met Mark before he hit 10,000 posts!
(Bit stuck up; he showed me the door, so I walked through it)
Oh! ..and Aussie James, met him too. Nice guy, weird taste in cracker condiments... |
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Location: Newington, CT | I met Matt Smith at an Ovation gathering in NJ. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Tom Pittman, the banjo player from the Austin Lounge Lizards came into the shop one day when we were having a jam session. I have seen them many times, but didn't recognize him. (Somehow you just don't expect to see famous people in a little town with a population of 4,000.) Anyway, I said "Grab a guitar and join in". He told me he played banjo and I said "That's even better." After a while I asked what the name of his band was, and I was so embarrassed! But, he was very gracious, and when I asked if he happened to have an 8X10 glossy to hang on the wall he said "Not with me, but I'll send you one." A few weeks later, there it was in the mail. Those who are coming to the gathering will see it.
Back in the Moosup days I got to meet Larry Coryell when he came to pick up his guitar, Marcel Dadi (and what a great show he put on for us!) and Mr. Schaller. I think there were some others, but my mind isn't functioning too well today. (headache) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I was preparing to get on a mule to ride down the Bright Angel trail in the Grand Canyon back around 1975. There was this tall guy with long hair standing with his back to me preparing to ride down as well. The ride leader looked at the two of us and decided that I looked more experienced with mules, so he stuck me in the rear with the tall guy directly in front of me. The guy talked to me the whole way down and had lots of funny stories. It wasn't until the end of the ride that we introduced ourselves to each other. He was Arlo Guthrie. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | When I met bobbo he was all dressed up in a suit. When I saw him the second time, I thought he was Beal. Sorry, that was another thread. |
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Location: Ohio | I hung out and had coffee with Neil Young and his wife at Kenyon Collage in Ohio. What great people they are vary down to earth. I opened for Shinedown last year and partied with those dudes. I'm a Chef and was the Exec. for Mortons of Chicago...I could go on and on about the famous folks I got to meet and feed there. From Arnold and Maria to Scotty from star trek the list is long......The funniest one was Daryl Hall he was so ripped he could barely walk and ask where the restroom was like 5 times. LOL |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Last one
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Matt Smith before that
Skynard, Bosephus, Kid Rock, Peter Wolf, Rev Run
Everyone on the shirt...
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Every national Act that ran through this place
1985 to 1990
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The West Hartford Ct Agora Ballroom.
300 plus National acts.
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Location: Nashville TN. | I introduce Huey Lewis to
Glenfiddich.... he ordered Dewar's.
Tower of Power was the act he came to see.
Charlie Danials gave me Stetson
hangs on my wall doesn't fit.
Charlie Watts, Mic Jagger, Richie Blackmoore and rest of Deep Purple, Beach Boys Mike K (replacement drummer) walked a demo tape into A&M for me. Gregg Allman and Dickie Betts, Posion,
Twisted Sister, Night Ranger, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Outlaws, Marshall Tucker Band, Rick Danko, Buddy Cage, Jerry Garcia, Bob Wier, Poison, Morterhead, Blue Oyster Cult, Jerry Lee Lewis, Metallica, Slayer, Striper, Areosmith, Ace Friely, Joan Jett,
Axel Rose, The Bangels, Eddie Money, John Cafferity & Beaver Brown Band, The Guess Who,
The Animals, Steppenwolf, John Valby, Sam Kinnison, Belinda Carlie, Wendy O. Williams,
Blood, Sweat & Tears, Lita Ford, Meatloaf,
Michael Bolton, Ted Nuggent, NRBQ, Paul Stanley,
Megadeth, R.E.M., Hüsker Dü, Lou Reed, Katrina & the Waves, The Dead Kennedys, Missing Persons, Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, The B52's, The Ramones it really is a blurry...
Almost forget
Last Person I met was in NOLA Oct 2009
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I met Cliff at a guitar factory once. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by PEZ:
I introduce Huey Lewis to
Glenfiddich.... he ordered Dewar's.
Tower of Power was the act he came to see.
Charlie Danials gave me Stetson
hangs on my wall doesn't fit.
Charlie Watts, Mic Jagger, Richie Blackmoore and rest of Deep Purple, Beach Boys Mike K (replacement drummer) walked a demo tape into A&M for me. Gregg Allman and Dickie Betts, Posion, Twisted Sister, Night Ranger, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Outlaws, Marshall Tucker Band, Rick Danko, Buddy Cage, Jerry Garcia, Bob Wier, Poison, Morterhead, Blue Oyster Cult, Jerry Lee Lewis, Metallica, Slayer, Striper, Areosmith, Ace Friely, Joan Jett,
Axel Rose, The Bangels, Eddie Money, John Cafferity & Beaver Brown Band, The Guess Who,
The Animals, Steppenwolf, John Valby, Sam Kinnison, Belinda Carlie, Wendy O. Williams,
Blood, Sweat & Tears, Lita Ford, Meatloaf,
Michael Bolton, Ted Nuggent, NRBQ, Paul Stanley,
Megadeth, R.E.M., Hüsker Dü, Lou Reed, Katrina & the Waves, The Dead Kennedys, Missing Persons, Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, The B52's, The Ramones it really is a blurry...
Almost forget
Last Person I met was in NOLA Oct 2009
Ellis Marsalis & Charmaine Neville I've met PEZ. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by BT717:
Originally posted by PEZ:
I introduce Huey Lewis to
Glenfiddich.... he ordered Dewar's.
Tower of Power was the act he came to see.
Charlie Danials gave me Stetson
hangs on my wall doesn't fit.
Charlie Watts, Mic Jagger, Richie Blackmoore and rest of Deep Purple, Beach Boys Mike K (replacement drummer) walked a demo tape into A&M for me. Gregg Allman and Dickie Betts, Posion, Twisted Sister, Night Ranger, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Outlaws, Marshall Tucker Band, Rick Danko, Buddy Cage, Jerry Garcia, Bob Wier, Poison, Morterhead, Blue Oyster Cult, Jerry Lee Lewis, Metallica, Slayer, Striper, Areosmith, Ace Friely, Joan Jett,
Axel Rose, The Bangels, Eddie Money, John Cafferity & Beaver Brown Band, The Guess Who,
The Animals, Steppenwolf, John Valby, Sam Kinnison, Belinda Carlie, Wendy O. Williams,
Blood, Sweat & Tears, Lita Ford, Meatloaf,
Michael Bolton, Ted Nuggent, NRBQ, Paul Stanley,
Megadeth, R.E.M., Hüsker Dü, Lou Reed, Katrina & the Waves, The Dead Kennedys, Missing Persons, Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, The B52's, The Ramones it really is a blurry...
Almost forget
Last Person I met was in NOLA Oct 2009
Ellis Marsalis & Charmaine Neville I've met PEZ. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by glasstone:
I hung out and had coffee with Neil Young and his wife at Kenyon Collage in Ohio. What great people they are vary down to earth. I opened for Shinedown last year and partied with those dudes. I'm a Chef and was the Exec. for Mortons of Chicago...I could go on and on about the famous folks I got to meet and feed there. From Arnold and Maria to Scotty from star trek the list is long......The funniest one was Daryl Hall he was so ripped he could barely walk and ask where the restroom was like 5 times. LOL Did you ever have people remind of you of the rich & famous you met and didn't remember you met?
I called in to WCCC at 3am to answer a question to get a prize. I was worked at youth shelter 3rd shift. The question ya had to answer was, what Spanish city were Olympic going to be in?
Prize turned out to be tickets to Poison at Lake Compounce. I tell my brother he says met those guys twice...I did? |
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celebrity meetings or sightings ???
