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Location: nashville | Lyle Lovett, Met him twice. Both times he took forever to come out I mean like an hour and a half after the show. However both times sign autographs for everone, ask everyone their name to personalize the autograph. When he was signing my guitar strap ask me what I played.
Told him I over estimate the replacement value of my old Ovation and took the insurance money and bought my HD-28, One of the guys with laughed out loud and Lyle smile and said "That's a pretty good story"
John Hiatt is great as well, have met Many,Many times after shows and has been very,very fan friendly.
Gram Nash very friendly, met in a meet and greet,
but dont know if you should count those, casue those meetings usually involve the VIP types and the artist has to do those. The ones that will take time after that when they are headed for the bus are a much better judge of charature or at least their mood at the time. |
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Location: Michigan | Never met anybody famous, but then again never sought them out. I did have a pleasant converstion with Gordie Howe as we were standing at adjacent urinals :) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Adrian Legg seems like a guy I'd invite over for a beer, except he gave up drinking.
Not an artist per se, but we had dinner with Wolfgang Porsche a couple weeks ago and he invited us over to his house for espresso the next morning. He and his brother Peter are genuinely nice guys. |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Matt Smith...nuff said :) |
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Location: Utah | Coolest was Jack Nicholson. He was on one of my flights recently and had a couple of nice things to say as hee flashed us the Jack Nicholson grin. The flight attendant said he was very respectful and polite. We've had a bunch of famous actors, athletes, and music stars on board over the years, and about half are total jerks and half are normal.
The most real and personable was Kaki King. No joke, she just hung out at the merch table and happily chatted with me and my daughter and signed some stuff. She was happy to mingle with her fans after her performance and didn't seem to be doing it out of obligation.
The most impressive famous person was John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth. I was about 13 and this was at the height of the Apollo moon missions. We were in a tram going up the mountain in Zermatt Switzerland. It was my family, he and his wife, and the tram operator. I asked him for an autograph but nobody had a pen or pencil, so he said to stop by his hotel that evening and he would leave an autograph for me at the front desk.
When I stopped by, he had left a nice letter for me on the hotel stationery, addressed to me personally. Not just a scribbled autograph, but a personal note. That was class. He had been famous for a decade and was on vacation with his wife, but he still took the time to write a note to a kid. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by twistedlim:
Never met anybody famous, but then again never sought them out. I did have a pleasant converstion with Gordie Howe as we were standing at adjacent urinals :) Did the conversation "Flow" smoothly? ;) |
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| Darren McGavin.
He was at our table at a burger joint in NYC in the early eighties. He initiated the conversation, I suspect, because no one seemed to notice him. Even after he introduced himself, few seemed to know who he was, figuring he was just another New York nut.
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Originally posted by Tim in Tidewater:
Matt Smith...nuff said :) +1 He autographed My copy of his Chop Shop Book
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Recently, the Professor and I got the chance to visit with Glen Campbell for a few minutes. Very nice man. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | As far as artists are concerned, there are many. My fondest memory would be of Danny Kaye because I knew him personally and was associated with him professionally. As far as displaying outright charm and personal friendliness beyond all reasonable expectations, meaning he had absolutely no need to do so, Bill Clinton would be a tough act to follow. |
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Location: Michigan | Brad sent me a calender. |
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Location: closely held secret | Man of 1000 faces (whereas Phil only seems to have one)...
+1 for Matt.
Also Gary Ogan. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Vince
The worst, Lori Morgan. She put the #### in country. |
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| I've met a few famous people over the years. Mark Volman ("Flo" from the Turtles), Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night), John Sebastian and Martin Simpson and David Grisman.
All were really nice, John Sebastian was the nicest. He came to Troy NY with David Grisman to support their CD "Satisfied" (a great CD, BTW).
I was standing in line with my "John Sebastian Songbook" when John looks up from the autograph table and gives me a cute little wink.
When I finally got my turn, I told him that he is my guitar and songwriting hero. He seemed genuinely glad to hear that. He even felt my left hand. When I asked him about the unique Alvarez Yairi baritone guitar on the cover of the songbook, he said that it was a nice guitar but that it didn't work out for him.
I noticed that John treated everyone who came through the line like they were his best friend. I think that he and David Grisman probably signed about 200 autographs that night.
Martin Simpson -- I met him last year. He played a really tiny place called Old Songs in Voorheesvile, NY. There couldn't have been more than 100 people there, but Martin was a trouper and played flawlessly.
He signed my copy of his "Prodigal Son" CD (another excellent CD). When I asked him his advice to a beginning guitarist, he said with a smile "just play!" It was the first and only time I've heard someone play a Sobell guitar.
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Location: South Windsor Connecticut | Don Henley was pretty cool when I catered for him and his band one night. |
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Location: Cincinnati | Greg Rolle of Santana and Journey. A really humble and down to earth guy. A friend of mine grew up with him and we went drinking with him after a concert a few years ago. |
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Location: Right now? | LOVE Lyle Lovett. What a show he puts on! And John Hyatt is absolutely awesome, too! ;) |
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Location: Location Location Location | I'm sure not many here will remember him, but I met Jimmy Jones, who wrote and performed 'Handy Man'. My wife and I met him through a mutual friend and he came to our house for dinner when we lived on Long Island. I played him a few songs I had written, and then accompanied him on my guitar to 'Handy Man'. He was in his 60's at the time and had every bit of his voice. A regular, nice guy, and very talented. | |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Charlie Danials gave me a Stetson, doesn't fit.
The thought was there.
Gretchen Wilson, Joan Jett, Charlie Watts, Ted Nugent, Bob Wier Jerry Garcia, Stevie Ray, Eddie Money, too many to list.
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Location: ms | I met Norbert Putnam back in the early 80s and we hit it off pretty good. I think we had the same insurance agent throught some songwriters group. Hes a cool guy with tons of stories from Elvis to Fogelburg. We have touched base off and on over the years. The last time i talked to him was a few years ago when he was still living in Mississippi, he was the same old Norbert. | |
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Location: Right now? | Well, hell, when I was a kid I met Hank Snow! He was about four feet tall, but man, that old man could sing and PLAY! I've also run into Bruce Springsteen (he tried to pick me up in a bar about twenty years ago ~ really!); he likes redheads, and I fit that requirement, I guess, haha. I turned down his offer, a bit put out at the notion that he thought I might "service" him somehow. I'm not the groupie type. We practically grew up next door to each other, my house being about five minutes from his. I knew him when he was just a kid starting out playing around NJ. I am not all that "in awe" of famous people. I have also met Lyle Lovett, Wily DeVille (LOVE him, but he's INSANE, um, in a 'good' way), Barrence Whitfield (who is VERY talented), hung out many times with Stevie Ray Vaughn before HE got famous and a few others my brain won't bring up right now ... geez, I'm getting old... | |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Vince Gill...a class act, and a great golfer...
Charley McCoy...I ran sound for "The Hee Haw Band" for nearly three years in the early 90's and sat in many times as a guest guitar player...Very approachable and always took time for the fans...
David Carradine...met him on the set of "Cloud Dancer" in 1979...he was always very kind and cordial...
Bruce Hornsby...we had the same agent in Tidewater, VA in the mid to late 70's...he was always a great guy and a killer piano player
ZZ Top...what a great bunch of guys...we met in Roanoke in 1976 on their World Wide Texas Tour: they stayed at the same Hotel we were playing...they took us to the final sound check, we got to hang out and stand centerstage for the finale light check...wow, was that hot (litteraly)...
Jerry Jeff Walker...just the nicest guy...felt like I had known him for years...great performer and storyteller...
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Location: CA | Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Nice guy, but all he wanted to talk about was boats. | |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Geeez, ya'll make a guy's memory go waaay back!
I have to amend my earlier post.
Although none of the first three were on my 'Top 40' list, I've got to say that they were absolutely awesome in their 'missions' and just wonderful in person without that quasi-'it's my job' attitude.
First of all, 'Nam '67, Martha Raye (da 'Loudmouth') and her lovely 'eye candy' entourage, parked right outside my barracks front door at Camp Da Nang. The commotion outside woke me up after my normal 12 hour shift. I stepped outside the hootch and there she was. I never have seen a more loving person as she hugged the GIs around her. I hung back and was just an observer and thinking about how neat it will be telling my Mom and Dad about seeing her.
She walked (actually plodded) over to me and as I offered my hand, she grabbed and hugged me. "How ya doin' son?" "Fine, ma'am" was all I could express. "We love ya'll" she said. She then told the GI jeep driver, "C'on, we got a lots more boys to visit".
Nancy "These Boots Are Made For Walking" Sinatra dropped in the same year. Although I hated the song, I really wanted to see a 'round eye' (don't ya even challenge me on that!) and man, she was hot in her white micro-mini-skirt. I was in about the third row and when she sat on the edge of the stage, I never seen so many GIs bang heads!
I didn't hang around after the show, but a buddy did and said she was totally awesome in hugging and kissing the troops plus signing ALL forms of uniform items!
Bobby Vinton visited Germany while we were there in the '70s. During one of his songs he reached out and had my bride hold his hand during the ending of the number. Well needless to say, Patty loves him to this day and I know I can't compete with that moment.
Sorry for the long post, but it's your fault!
I do have to add my two cents, in that there are proper times to ask for autographs and then there are times to let 'em get away.
Don't get me started about MLB players that refuse to sign the kids gloves, bats and balls at the park...
But hey ya'll, thanx for the memories. Flash, Bob Hope had a show while I was at Da Nang but I had to work. His show was over by Hill 327 on the Marine side of the base. That was at least three miles away and I could still hear the roar of approval by the GIs. Now that's a man that was and is one of my heroes! | |
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