Post your brushes with rock 'n roll royalty here

[darkstar]

I want to hear about 'em.

:yourock:

[EstimatedProphet]

1. I got to see Bob Weir and Vince Welnick after the 4/1/95 show

They were having late dinner in the Peabody. Me and one of the guys I went to the show with went up and said hi.

OK, so it's not exciting.

[darkstar]

2. No...just the kind of tidbit I wanted to hear!

Pyramid Power! Foolish Heart!

:yourock:

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Right after Deal!

I loved that show! Eyes really rocked!

Were you there?

[darkstar]

6. Yep...

During space I was convinced that the sounds alone had converted the building into a spacecraft and we were already out of Earth's gravity well...

:hi:

[EstimatedProphet]

8. Ah! Awesome!

Good times, that!

[IDemo]

3. I spoke with Steve Miller on the phone when I worked in telco repair

had him unplug his fax and tested the line. Nice guy.

Also spoke with Bruce Willis, but he's no rocker. I hope not, anyway.

[darkstar]

4. How cool is that?

Thanks for the story. I just love these kind of things for some reason.
:yourock:

[argyl]

106. Had a drunken conversation with Steve Miller at a place called Mother Blues

in Dallas about 35 years ago.It was close to closing time and he came in with a goldtop Les Paul and started playing.Then he quit and sat at our table and me and him had a garbled conversation of sorts.

He was as drunk as I was and he'd just finished a gig in the area;Arlington,I believe. Real nice guy.Any celeb that open and friendly when he's smashed is OK in my book.

[Godhumor]

7. Got two of them...

Was on the same international flight as the "Misfits" who made a point of travelling coach with their roadies. All of them were quite nice, and I ended up chatting with the lead singer quite a bit of the 14 hours we were in the air.

I worked with the sister of the bassist of "The Vapors". It turns out that "Turning Japanese" is not actually about masturbation, and that interpretation of the song amuses the band so much they keep encouraging the myth.

[darkstar]

10. I'm a bit older but I realize that the Misfits are

iconic with folks of a certain rock generation. How cool that they flew coach. Solidarity with the crew is so anti-rock star; you gotta respect that.

:yourock:

[susanna]

46. The Misfits?!

Dang! They were one of my favorite bands back in the day. Your post is fascinating; I didn't know they travelled coach with the roadies. That's kind of cool. Now I'm gonna have "Twenty eyes in my head, twenty eyes in my head..." going through my head all night.

As for the Turning Japanese myth, I am officially old. I knew nothing about that particular myth, LOL. Ah well, you learn something new every single day. :-)

[HuskerDU]

77. I love the Misfits!

But I always thought Glen was a major SOB. Who knew?

[Rhythm]

95. My best friend was friends with Glenn and Eerie Von for years...

She's a freelance photographer, and they hit it off during the "Samhain" days...

She and i met outside a venue when Danzig started touring in '88, and she introduced us around.
Weirdly, since i was her friend, i became theirs' as well by default.

I still get occasional e-mails from EV, even though it's been over 10 years since i've run into him. :-)

[LeftyFingerPop]

9. I urinated with Jerry Garcia...

stood right next to him. 1978...at a college where the JGB was playing. I jumped a barricade to use the mensroom.

I wanted to check out his doodle...but I didn't. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[darkstar]

12. Well that's the long-time complaint about the Dead:

endless doodling!

I was gonna start this off w/ my tale of doing same in John next to Keith Emerson. They came to restaurant I worked at after hours. We got wind and stayed. And he came in after me, ya pev. :yourock:

[LeftyFingerPop]

13. Wow!

I would have liked to have pissed next to HIM too!!

Great story... :yourock:

[Seabiscuit]

78. I shared a beer with Jerry Garcia

A girl I'd recently met knew him, and when he saw her he invited us to his table in a bar in Fairfax, CA, in Marin County north of San Francisco in 1977.

[Seabiscuit]

79. I also met Carole King at a friend's house in L.A. in 1972.

My friend was a music professor at UCLA and lived in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley. Carole King lived just up the street from him and visited periodically. He had a harpsichord that she played for us while singing some new songs she was working on.

[WinkyDink]

88. I met CK, also! At a very small campaign gig for Kerry (she was with Rob Reiner and

Linda Lavin).

[underpants]

108. You are like so cool

just marking this thread but that is really cool

[evlbstrd]

11. I served Ray Davies a sandwich in 1979.

And Arlo Guthrie stepped on me as I sat on the sidewalk waiting to see him perform in 1973.

[darkstar]

16. Was Ray nice? Was it festival grub or in a restaurant ?

No matter the case--

:yourock:

[evlbstrd]

27. A perfect gentleman.

It was in a submarine shop in KC that no longer exists.
Arlo was very apologetic.

[darkstar]

30. Cool. I don't know that I've ever seen him interviewed on tape

or anything. He kind of has a rep w/ not getting along with his brother, right? Guess I wondered about his ego size.

I love to hear these stories of the "everyday" experiences.

[evlbstrd]

31. People are just people.

Until proved otherwise.

[NashVegas]

83. People I Know Who've Met Ray

Say he has an incredible memory.

[Maestro]

14. I met Stevie Ray Vaughn at an aerobics place

off Central Expressway in Dallas, Texas in '87. He and I were both picking up girlfriends. Turned out that my then girlfriend's best friend was his girlfriend. She was the one he later married (at least I think they got married) before his untimely death. He was extremely laid back and not pretentious in the slighest.

[darkstar]

17. Oh man...did y'all double date?

Wow. He always did seem "real" in the video I've seen of him.

:yourock:

[Maestro]

34. No, my "fling" with her

was short-lived. About 8 or 9 months, mostly at our college. When we were back home for the summer that is when I met her friend and eventually Stevie Ray Vaughn but no double date. I was in a band at the time playing bass so meeting him was a a real treat.

[susanna]

39. I met Stevie Ray in SE Michigan...

I remember that it was (literally) a night or two before he died. Talk about freaky. They were heading Chicago way for the next gig and...well, the rest is history. :-(

IIRC, it was at an Eric Clapton concert. My sister was hospitality chief and we were all playing poker backstage with a bunch of the SRV/EC roadies. That night, my sister drove Stevie Ray to his hotel from the venue because his bus had left without him. I was with her. I will second your impression; he was one of the most laid-back guys ever.

I was crushed when he died. Damn, he was amazing.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

15. Having lived and worked in Nashville for 20 years,

I've met more than a few famous musicians, many in their own homes. A few I traditionally name drop about:

Peter Frampton
Ray Stevens
Alan Jackson
Lee Greenwood
Marty Roe (Diamond Rio)

...and others I don't recall off hand.

[1gobluedem]

18. My co-worker's daughter is in the same class as Bob Seger's son

That's the best I can do.

Jazz and blues royalty....well, that's a different story.

[darkstar]

20. Well..I want to here about ALL of it...

Especially jazz. What'cha got for me?

(Where's that "you wail" icon?)

[1gobluedem]

25. Hmmm....where do I begin?

I got to talk baseball with Wynton Marsalis and he kissed me twice. I met Duke Ellington's son, Mercer, a HUGE thrill; I felt as though I was meeting the entire history of jazz. Met Mel Torme, hung out backstage with Bo Diddly, ate dinner with Pops and Mavis Staples, watched Luther Allison dance with my colleague's son who has Down's Syndrome, arranged for Toots Theilmans to record with my SO, had beers with Irma Thomas, told Buddy Guy he had to take a cab into town because I didn't have a limo for him, met Branford Marsalis, met Louis Bellson who used to play with Dizzy Gillespie, chatted with Ken Burns right after his JAZZ documentary came out, hung out with Keb' Mo' and watched him show two little boys how to play guitar, met Little Milton, Little Jimmy Scott, Charles Earland, Joey DeFrancesco, Maceo Parker, Taj Mahal, Dave Brubeck; I can't even remember them all now.

I work for a jazz radio station and worked on two big jazz and blues festivals for many years. I am SO lucky. I also present an annual Mardi Gras party and have met all the zydeco biggies including Buckwheat Zydeco whose band sang happy birthday to me!

My on-air co-workers have met so many more jazz and blues greats than I have; one friend has met Abbey Lincoln, Carmen MacRae, and Dizzy Gillespie among others and is friends with Janis Siegel from Manhattan Transfer; also Rickie Lee Jones, both of whom have made forays into jazz.

[darkstar]

28. Now that is so cool to hear about.

I'm gonna keep my eye out for you so you don't have to fill me in all at once. I would love to hear more in detail about LOTS of those folk, especially Torme, the Staples, Bo, Maceo, and Brubeck.

I just moved up from Lafayette last fall. I worked the In't Fest some there on web sites (part time). My biggest thrill with them was pulling a favor and getting side stage for Dr. John in 92 0r 93. They read the intro I wrote while he ambled/strutted/swerved on stage as his band was starting up.

Good to meet you. Hope all is well. Maybe we'll cross paths again soon and you can fill me in on more details.

:hi:

[1gobluedem]

68. Dr. John is SO cool

I met Charmaine Neville when she visited our station; she was great.

The zyedeco bands are my favorite; not only do I love their music, they are all so nice and polite. And they love to play; I didn't think I was ever going to get Geno Delafose off the stage. He would've played all night if he could have.

Robert Cray? Well, he's another story. Can you say JERK?

[dajoki]

19. I met Bruce Springsteen...

back in '75. A college friend's brother graduated with Bruce and produced concerts in Jersey. I was invited to concert and got to hang around with Bruce and E Street Band after the show.

[darkstar]

22. Man o man o man...

:yourock:

Tell us more? Regular guy? Pre- or post-Born to Run? You met Clarence? Max? Roy? All of them?

That was when Bruce was leaving it all on stage. Was he just exhausted?

[dajoki]

82. Right around when Born to Run was released...

It was near his hometown in a very small theatre and he played about four hours. He was on the stage and in the crowd, he was wild. I met Bruce, Clarence, Stevie and got a drumstick from Max. They were regular guys we partied with them for hours. 55 gallon drums full of Heiniken and lots of food.

[monmouth]

66. I grew up a few blocks from Bruce in Freehold, remember him well.

Very nice kid as I recall, was in my younger brothers class. Comes from a nice Irish/Italian family..

[dajoki]

84. Maybe you know my college friend?

His family owned a chain of Drug Stores.

[monmouth]

98. I may know him if you have the family name. I married the owner

of Leggett's Sand Bar in Manasquan and moved there in '69.

[dajoki]

119. Genovese?

[monmouth]

121. Sorry, doesn't ring a bell....

[DS1]

21. JeffR awarded me some DUzys

Googe Image found him, while searching for the faster matcom pic :D

[darkstar]

23. I'm stumped...even cheating whith "properties"

R. J. Reynolds?

I'm gonna feel stoopid, right? Hey, even if so,

:yourock:

[DS1]

24. err no

that's probably his initials

google "faster matcom" then click through a few pages

[Manifestor_of_Light]

64. did the google and am still clueless.

It ain't Arlo. RJR?? Clues?

[borlis]

26. mr borlis and I were in the same restaurant as ZZ Top

It was late in the afternoon and all the other people were much older. When we walked in, they pretty much hustled out. We wouldn't have bothered them anyway.

[darkstar]

29. And you met Vince Vaughn today!

You are living the life, it sounds like. I need some of your celebrity mojo.

:yourock:

[borlis]

92. We don't get much celeb action in the northern Chicago burbs.

So when we do, it's really exciting. :hi:

[pokerfan]

32. Warren Zevon a few years before he died

He was playing a small club here solo and took an intermission. I ducked outside and into an adjacent alley for a smoke (yeah, I know, I've since quit) and suddenly a door opens and out pops Warren for a smoke (yeah, so did he).

He seemed startled to see me there so I gave him space. I'm sure he's used to being mobbed and fans bothering the shit out of him. I nodded my recognition at him and for a few minutes we just quietly smoked our cigs.

I let him break the ice first and when he found out I was a local he was soon peppering me with questions about the local backcountry and fishing of which I was somewhat knowledgeable.

I'd been a fan of his since 1977 and it was hard to resist my fanboy impulses but I let him steer the conversation as we each had another smoke.

Finally he said he needed to head back in and held out his hand for me to shake. Very cool.

I miss that sarcastic little fucker.

[darkstar]

33. Lovely story, great image of silent cigs in alley.

Didn't he die of lung cancer?

I never did see him. My great loss. Thanks for sharing that.



:yourock:

[pokerfan]

35. Yeah, a form of lung cancer at 56

However, it was a form associated with exposure to asbestos, not that smoking wouldn't have shortened his life anyway.

"I may have made a tactical error in not going to the doctor for 20 years."

"Enjoy every sandwich."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Zevon#Cancer.2C_death_and_The_Wind

[WCGreen]

36. Me and A doobie...

[darkstar]

37. Indeed it is!

I love any story that starts that way....

Seriously. Great pic. And...ya know what?

:yourock:

[susanna]

38. Well, more an 80s phenom band...

Duran Duran. The day after their concert at Detroit's Cobo Hall, me and some friends went to the Fairlane Mall in Dearborn, Michigan. Picture this: John Taylor of Duran Duran, during their heyday (83-84ish) shopping. Heh. The girls were EVERYWHERE.

My sister has some great stories. She was the hospitality chief (read: band slave) for a very popular outdoor venue in SE Michigan for about 10 years. She has some serious stories, let me tell you...

on edit: spelling checks are good

[darkstar]

40. No. That's HUGE.

John Taylor. Was he the ridiculously good looking one? The not-Simon? Wow. How cool. Cooler than me, I'm afraid. I'd stay in my bubble the whole tour.

:yourock:

[susanna]

42. Yeah! The bass player.

Really, really, really tall - taller than he looked on video; I'd say he was at least 6'3". Hot as anything going at that time, for sure.

It was pretty awesome, and he was really, really sweet. I didn't get an autograph, mostly 'cause I was just struck dumb I think. But he talked with us a bit. :-)

[1gobluedem]

72. Pine Knob?

I'll BET she's got some stories! :wow:

A friend of mine was driving Gil Scott Heron to the airport after he performed at a local festival and he started smoking crack in the backseat. She freaked -- as would I.

[susanna]

104. The Knob it is...

"Party on the hill!"

Yeah. They call it DTE Theatre or some crap now, but it is, and will forever remain, Pine Knob to me. :-)

[1gobluedem]

118. DTE Energy Theater

Could there be a stupider name? Pine Knob was known all over the country. Although...I've lived in Michigan all my life but have never been there. :blush: I did park cars at a Rick Springfield concert at Castle Farms in Charlevoix, though, in 1982 (roommate was a big fan). Remember that place?

[susanna]

120. Yeah, it is a stupid name.

I grew up literally on the main road leading to Pine Knob. I'd always know there was a big concert in the summer because the road would be backed up all the way south into Waterford. :-)

I've lived in Michigan all my life never went to Castle Farms in Charlevoix. I had heard of it, though...so we're even. :-)

[1gobluedem]

125. Castle Farms is history

I only went there the one time.

Where in Michigan do you live? I'm in A2.

[susanna]

127. I'm thisclose to the Detroit River near the city. n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

114. "...a very popular outdoor venue in SE Michigan"

Pine Knob? That place was great until they forced you to buy their beer, can't bring your own. Until them, the tailgate parties...and the marshmallow fights...but this was two decades ago...saw the Doobies, Blues Brothers, Talking Heads, The Monkees sans Mike, and more there.

She must have met soooo many acts...

Was John Taylor buying a Members Only jacket at Chess King, then paused for Frozen Olgas?

[MonkeyFunk]

41. In the early 80s, I went to see Ian Hunter at a local club

and Mick Ronson was his guitarist.

After the show, I just stood near the hallway leading backstage. Mick Ronson was there - I called out to him, and he came up, shook my hand and talked to me for a few minutes. He couldn't have been nicer, and I was pretty much gushing over the guitarist from The Spiders from Mars.

Also, at the same club, I used to see Twisted Sister before they hit it big, and hung out at the bar a few times with Dee Snider.

And once I met Billy Idol. He was very drunk.

[darkstar]

44. wow...now thouse are some rock n roll scoundrels

you've listed there. I can smell the liquor and hairspray from here. Too hip. Mock figgin Ronso. Played with Lou Reed, too, right?

Kick ass, MF, kick ass.

:yourock:

[friendly_iconoclast]

43. Met B.B. King backstage once

drove some of his backup musicians to a sound check, I was working at a hotel and drove
the courtesy van. His road manger gave me a couple of backstage passes as a tip (very cool!). Since I worked until 11 p.m., I only got to see the last few songs but they were
great. The manager introduced me and the girl I was with to Mr. King, he said hello, shook our hands and was very gracious to a couple of fans.

[darkstar]

45. Way cool....a legend

I'm pushing 50 and that guy was a legend when I was in my 20's. I don't know how his health is now or if he's still touring, but he was on the road constantly at least in to the mid-late 90s. A musician doing his thing, 120 nites a year or something like that, for that long. So amazing. And if i recall right, his beloved guitar, Lucille, got destroyed in a fire or something?

Thanks for the story.

:yourock:

[susanna]

53. That's awesome!

I love BB King.

Sounds like a great night. :-)

[Heidi]

47. I can't.

My mom reads DU sometimes. What she doesn't know won't drive her to an early grave.

[darkstar]

49. That's OK..we know that you rock...you have nothing to prove

Nice to know you're looking out for mom.

:yourock:

[Heidi]

50. And all those times,

she thought I was at youth choir practice at the First Baptist Church. :7

[susanna]

51. LOL; that's right up my alley.

Myself, I was "staying the night with (Angie, Debbie, Kathy, Tracy, Kara, take your pick)." the parents weren't overtly religious folk; I had to tailor the message if you know what I mean. ;-)

[Heidi]

52. Yes,

I know _exactly_ what you mean. Fortunately, my mother doesn't. :rofl: :spray:

[susanna]

54. LOL! You know, it's all relative.

Sometimes you just gotta do what ya gotta do, eh? I myself wouldn't trade a split second - you? :-)

[Heidi]

55. I've had a good life.

No regrets. :)

Edited to add: Except for that time I died my hair black within a week of getting a permanent. :yoiks: I do regret _that_.

[susanna]

56. Girl, you and I must be some kind of soul mates.

I dyed mine black one month, then tried to strip it the next. Didn't work out so good. I ended up uber-platinum with a CLOWN orange stripe running down the crown. I kept it, mostly because my scalp hurt so bad I didn't want to try coloring it again, but then again at the time it was cool as heck.

I think we had a lot of the same experiences. :-)

on edit: died and dyed are two very different things, but in the world of hair care, maybe not.

[Heidi]

57. For six months while mine was growing out, I looked like I was wearing an orange

yarmulke. :cry:

[susanna]

58. Oh yeah. Now I spit on my monitor.

I thought those days were long gone....

I understand, Heidi, I soooooo understand. The best part is telling family, friends, and the assorted stranger you come across: "Oh, YEAH! I meant to do this." That experience taught me what "this too, shall pass" actually meant. You?

[Heidi]

59. I wish I could say became a better a woman for those experiences.

Sadly, though, I was went on to do many more stupid things after my Orange Yarmulke Phase. :rofl:

[susanna]

61. But that...

is how you learn! Or so I tell myself...

It's been fun chatting with you! I'm in Detroit where it's about 2:30am. I think I might need sleep, but I have to tell you it's been amazing talking to a psychic twin. :-)

[Heidi]

62. Sweet dreams, gf!

When you wake up, I will have finished mowing my mother-in-law's grass and trimming around her many flower beds, and well on my way to martyrdom. :7

[susanna]

63. You win!!!

I'm ignoring even my own garden tomorrow. :-)

[Rosemary2205]

110. Gene Simmons grabbed my butt in 1979

They were playing in town and stayed at the hotel I worked at. They were all walking down the hall I was vacuuming and he just halled off and grabbed my butt and laughed as he walked by. Scared the beejesus outa me as I was not paying attention. I actually didn't know who they were but a waiter standing nearby told me it was Gene Simmons from KISS as he ran off to catch up and get autographs.

[TrogL]

48. Met and talked with Emerson Lake and Palmer

Stood outside in 40 below weather staking out the stage door. The guards took pity on us and let us stay in the back entrance way.

Keith has HUUUUGE hands. I've got big hands and his wrapped around mine like my would wrap around a baby's.

[driver8]

60. I got a hug from Slash of Guns n' Roses.

I worked at a recording studio Slash that Slash working at -- he was doing overdubs for his first solo (Slash's Snakepit) album. He was there about three weeks so we got to know him quite well. He was really cool with everyone and on his last day there, I said goodbye to him and held out my hand. Slash grabbed me and gave me a big hug and said, "I'm going to miss you guys..."

Also:

Axl Rose was in producing a demo for a band at our studio. Slash happened to be on Letterman one night and a bunch of us were in the lounge watching the show. Someone sat down next to me on the couch and I looked over and Axl was sitting next to me. Not only that, I had brought in a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper and Axl drank five of them!!

While Slash was working at our studio, he and the guys in his band partied hard one night. Slash was playing Woodstock and had to leave for NY the next day -- but it was after 4:00am before everyone left the studio. I was the last one there and was putting stuff away and cleaning up and about 6:00am the phone rang and it was Slash. He had left his address book/telephone book at the studio and wanted me to put it in a safe place for him. I found the book and started looking through it. This book had the home numbers of almost anyone you could think of -- Keith Richards, Ron Wood, all the Metallica guys, Brian May, all the Guns n' Roses guys, Michael Jackson, all the Aerosmith guys, to name a few.

I also answered a phone call from Michael Jackson while Slash was there. I went in to tell Slash that Michael Jackson was on the phone and he said, "What the fuck does he want?"

A few months later, Guns n' Roses came in to record "Sympathy for the Devil" for the "Interview with a Vampire" soundtrack. All the guys were there except Axl, who kept saying he would show up but never did. Then -- Axl brought in another guitar player without telling the rest of the band and when Slash heard his guitar parts he went through the roof. We pretty much watched Guns n' Roses break up in our parking lot.

[darkstar]

105. Hey driver8--

I'm thinking this is a "small world" story here--unless I'm confused about some other GnR Stones cover.

Anyhow, do you know Terry Wilson of the Rave-Ups and his wife? She--for a reason I can't recall, along with her name right now; management, publicity, A&R?--had something to do his these sessions. I think. In fact, she called a good buddy of mine who used to play with Wilson in Springfield, MO to double check lyrics to the song during (I think?) the vocal sessions.

Then stories started filtering back about in-fighting of some sort. I don't think I heard the parking lot story, but I heard a juicy Axl quote or two I am not recalling at the moment.

Just thought I'd ask. If you recall, we've got lots of the same memories of that era, you and I. Jason and the Scorchers, Translator, REM, Gun Club, Gear Daddies, Del Lords, Pylon. At least *I think* these are DU conversations I seem to recall you were in on. Scorchers and (duh) REM for sure...

Take care.

:hi:

[driver8]

111. Do you remember her name?

It wouldn't be Katy, would it?

The tension with the G n' R guys was pretty thick during this session. Axl kept saying he was on his way, then he wouldn't show. When he did show, he had this friend of his from Indiana that he wanted to play guitar but he didn't tell the other band members. So they're doing a playback and Slash hears the other guy's guitar part and he gets pissed (to put it lightly). Axl had already booted Gilby Clark out of the band at this point. (We met Gilby, too -- he was also very nice to all of us and a hell of a guitar player!).

I don't know Terry Wilson but I do love the Rave-Ups. That early 80's music is the music that I absolutely love. I was a college radio dj for 3 years and that music brings back many fond memories for me. REM (of course), Pylon, dB's, Let's Active, Replacements, the Blasters, Jason and the Scorchers, Los Lobos...that was a great time for music!

[darkstar]

123. No--felt bad about ID-ing her as Wilson's wife

Katy is sounding *possible*. I called my buddy, but haven't heard back. Do you recall Katy saying "I know a guy who'll know the lyrics for sure?" on anything of that sort?

FWIW, what was Katy's role, i.e. did she work for band, label, studio?

If we don't get to the bottom on this thread, I'll pm you.

[driver8]

126. Katy was Mike Clink's assistant. (The producer).

I do remember seeing the lyrics printed out and laying around, but I don't know where they came from.

[MilesColtrane]

65. I had a gig in a hotel bar in a pretty damned nice hotel.

While there I got to meet and talk to the chaps from The Cure, and Jon Anderson & Steve Howe, Mick Fleetwood, and B.B. King.

A couple of years earlier when I was working in a bookstore I rang up Stevie Ray's purchase and let him know that I was a fan.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

67. Met Ray Manzarek.

He signed my Doors CD and took a pic with me. Very nice guy.

[Rabrrrrrr]

69. I sat in a dentist's chair that Jimmy Page sat in.

[KG]

70. I had to move out of the way so Jimmy Lafave could use to restroom before a show

at the Gulfport casino. he said 'excuse me' and muttered something the 'glamorous rock n roll lifestyle'.

Jimmy Lafave is rock n roll royalty in my book, and if you saw one of his shows you'd understand why...

[NC_Nurse]

71. I interviewed Shirley Manson and Butch Vig of Garbage.

John from Marcy Playground.
Jeff from Less Than Jake.
Margo from the Cowboy Junkies.
Jesse from D Generation.

I can't remember anyone else that you would know. I used to work for Juice Magazine.

[NMDemDist2]

73. oh man, there are so many, maybe i'll just tell my favorite one instead eh?

I was doing the backstage catering at a large county fair in California. I was sitting under our cook tent shucking corn for that night's BBQ when the Marshall Tucker Band bus pulled up.

A few minutes later some long haired dude walked up and said hi and would I like some help? Sure says I cuz I hate to shuck corn LOL

we chatted for an hour about his home in Tennessee, his kids, life on the road, politics, food, etc etc. A nicer, more down to earth man I had rarely met.

I figured him to be one of the techs or the roadies or managers or something until the show that night when he was the front and center and singing his ass off with the band. I had spent an hour shucking corn with Doug Grey :rofl:

[driver8]

94. Now that is a great story!! n/t

[trof]

74. I danced with Bo Diddley.

I've posted the tale a couple of times.

[gmoney]

75. Encounter with Pete Thomas before a show... and Lou Reed after.

Pete Thomas is the drummer for Elvis Costello, and IMHO about the best drummer ever...

Before a show in Boston at the Orpheum (whatever the big fancy concert hall is there), Pete was at the t-shirt stand in the lobby and I recognized him. He was making a small sign with marker and cardboard "Attractions Drummer Requires Ironing Done" that he propped up on the counter. We started talking to him and he claimed that he'd gotten the chance to do his laundry that day, but wanted "a goddess" to come back to his room and do his ironing. He claimed no hanky panky, just ironing. My friend's friend was a quite attractive young woman, so we were sort of ribbing her that she should do it, but she didn't seem to like the prospect of ironing or NOT ironing, as the case might have been. Not long after, a couple of goddesses approached the table and struck up a chat, and soon enough drifted away with Pete. Since he'd apparently found his goddess(es), I swiped the sign. :) Still have it somewhere among my souvenirs.

Another time, Lou Reed was playing Cleveland just about the time the Mistrial album came out, so we went and hung around afterwards to see if we could meet him. Sure enough, he emerged and started signing stuff, and I had the CD for Mistrial and handed it to him, and he did a strange double take and said something along the lines of WTF? He didn't say so, but since this was right at the dawn of the CD, it's possible that he'd not actually seen his own album on CD. Being a man of few words, he didn't elaborate, quickly signed it and handed it back to me and went back to signing these peculiar 12x12 inch squares the other punters were thrusting at him.

[HuskerDU]

76. Bumped into quite a few at the club over the years:

Mike Watt and J Macias- just a walkin' down the street!

Mojo Nixon- just before the show.

Uncle Tupelo- at the convenience store after the show.

Eldon Hoke- the infamous El Duce of the Mentors, talked to him before the show- didn't know it was him until the show started.

Matt Sorum- Cult and now GnR drummer- tried to talk to the other guys too- let's just say that Matt was particularly cool!

[NashVegas]

80. I've Interviewed Both Richard Thompson and His Son, Teddy

and many others.

[ronnykmarshall]

81. I sang on stage with Mary Wilson!

I'm a SUPREME!

[WinkyDink]

89. Indeed!

[taterguy]

85. I met Pink Anderson Jr

He's the son of one of the guys that Pink Floyd is named after.

[opiate69]

86. OK.. let's see...

My old band opened for Gruntruck at the King Theater in Seattle years ago.. after soundcheck I hung out with their singer and guitarist and talked business - hung out in Alice in Chains' practice room at Naf Studios for a bit with them, loaded Jake E. Lee's gear when he played a club in Tacoma that my band played often, had a drink with Chris Cornell and Sean Kinney when they came out to watch my old band in a battle of the Bands final.. and Kurt Vanderhoof from Metal Church might be producing my new band's CD.

[Dervill Crow]

87. We were on a road trip and were run off the road by the Beatles' motorcade on their first tour.

We were vacationing in Canada. I believe it was August 22, 1964.

It was pretty damn exciting--not in a good way for my dad, but my mom and I were impressed. I actually SAW Ringo.

[WinkyDink]

90. Yoko Ono held my hand and wished me "Merry Christmas", after I spoke to her in a store n NYC.

[BrotherBuzz]

91. I installed a huge wall to wall oak slab table in Bob Weir's house

Bob's living room was almost void of furniture. Vinyl records were stacked on the floor against the walls, maybe forty linear feet of music. His guitar stood on a stand next to his GED certificate hanging on the wall, and had a cute spotlight shining on it. I saw the adjoining recording studio, but sadly didn't get to peek in. Bob was drinking carrot juice.

[deutsey]

93. I met Frank Zappa and sat and talked with him for a half hour/40 minutes

Well, I mostly listened as he talked. :-) He was really cool and amazingly intelligent.

[Rhythm]

96. Sat at the "cool kids table" for a few years...

...and that brought me into a few unique situations:

Comic book/model-kit shopping with Glenn Danzig in San Francisco in '92

Dining on pepperoni pizza with Marilyn Manson in '95

A phone call from Trent Reznor (while i was at work) in 1996

Plus, at a Danzig show in 1993, i had my life saved by now "West Coast Choppers" guru Jesse James, who was chief of security for the tour. I had gotten kicked in the head and rendered barely concious by a crowd-surfing nazi skinhead (in steel-toed boots), and Jesse pulled me out of the crowd-crush and virtually carried me to the paramedics.

[SoxFan]

97. Not so much royalty...

more like the equivalent of an obscure member of the House of Lords...

I had a beer with the Sidewinders at the Channel in South Boston in 1990. They were the openers for Concrete Blonde, and they were actually thrilled to find someone from the east coast who had bought their album. They had a rootsy-grungy-Crazy Horse-meets-Nirvana sound, and their cover of "Solitary Man" (they turn it into a slow, churning dirge that eventually ends up as a blistering squall of feedback) is among the best covers ever.

I also met Jeff Sullivan, the drummer from Drivin 'n Cryin' on a street in Portland, ME. The band had opened for REM earlier that night.

[Pachamama]

99. I live in Marin County, CA - a lot of rock royalty around me....

It's so funny because there are so many of them around and you run into them everywhere that you don't even think much of it or even realize who they are because they do stuff just like the rest of us....

Two blocks from my house lives Phil Lesh and his family, I see him nearly twice a week at the Post Office picking up his mail and he did a fundraiser concert in April for my daughters elementary school K-8 where his two sons went - I was 5 ft away from him as he jammed to a private concert of about 100+ people dancing away.

Santana lives nearby and so does Huey Lewis and I run into them as well and James Hetfield's kid plays soccer with my kids in Ross Recreation on weekends and practice and I just thought he was a cool dad with lots of tatoos and drove some cool souped up hot rods....I actually just realized 10 minutes ago as I was watching Metallica play at the UK Live Earth that it was him!!! How funny!

[nickyt]

116. Pachamama, how's Huey doing?? Does he still play? Always seemed like such a nice, warm person -

[flvegan]

100. I partied with Matt Sorum (GnR, etc) and I have a Mike Patton story

I've been saving.

[LeftyMom]

101. Post the f'n story already.

:spank:

[derby378]

102. Met Skinny Puppy backstage in Dallas back in 1990

It was during their Too Dark Park tour; they played a concert in Deep Ellum at a venue whose name escapes me at the moment. That was also where I got rudely introduced to the concept of "crowd-surfing" when an errant boot smacked me in the head, knocking my glasses off and the plugs out of my ears.

I used to know a guy who was also an industrial musician; he bluffed me past the security guards so I could get backstage without a pass. I was nice, though - when it got overcrowded and security started calling for people to give the Puppies breathing room, I left on my own before they started yanking people out, and got a pat on the back from the guards for making their job easier. Turns out that my industrial friend managed to get me backstage again because I was helping him unload some of the equipment from the stage, so that was cool.

In the meantime, I had a nice little chat with Ogre about him and his future plans for Skinny Puppy concerts, and when I asked him if he felt he was punishing himself with the intensity of his performances, he said with a smile, "I'm having a great time. I'm having a great time." I also got to shake hands with cEvin Key and got autographs from both Key and the late Dwayne R. Goettel for my future wife.

As for that "punishment" bit - their performance on the Too Dark Park tour was very eviceral and disturbing. Video screens showing animal torture experiments, fake snuff films from Japan that still looked all too real, suicidal city managers blowing their brains out on live TV, and there was Ogre front and center on the stage, jamming something sharp and metallic into his head and trying to pet the victimized animals through the video screens with bloody hands (all of SP's members are vegetarians and devout anti-vivisectionists). Way too intense for many folks, but then again, a Puppy concert was never meant to be comfortable.

The weird thing is, I struck up a long conversation with John Davion of the opening act Tank Hog, which was loudly booed by all the Puppy fans because they played hard rock and blues. We just sat backstage shooting the breeze about all sorts of stuff, which was great. John was a perfect gentleman, too.

[mulsh]

103. Dylan & I have a coke at

my neighbor was one of the owners of North Beach Leathers. They made some stage out fits for Dylan in the 70's, he's wearing one of them on the cover of Street Legal. Anyway, one after noon Frank, my neighbor says come in here there's someone I want you to meet. we go into his kitchen and there's Bob Dylan standing by the stove. Frank gets us both cokes and we move into the living room. I hung around a for about an hour talking about music and stuff. nice guys. a couple of weeks later Frank invites me in to meet...Englebert Humperdink.

when I was 18 I finally was able to buy a decent acoustic guitar. My buddy & I headed down to Leo's music, this was when they were on College Ave for you east bay oldsters. we start pulling guitars off the wall & playing them. Bob Weir, who was in the store picking up an amp comes over and helped me find a good one. He also insisted that Leo throw in a decent case too.

I delivered room service to Chet Atkins when ever he stayed in the hotel I worked at. He was a real gentle man.

I met a bunch of others when I was playing in bands back in the dark ages.

My younger brother was my room mate for about 5 years.He was a stage hand and a bouncer for BGP & some local clubs he brought over all sorts of rock gods. John Mayall, the guys in Metalica would hang out sometimes, he was especially tight with Les Claypool and the guys in Primus.

[EFerrari]

107. Jackson Browne stole my pen on my 30th birthday.

and my mom made a loud fuss about it. lol

[underpants]

109. Bookmarking

[datasuspect]

112. i snorted coke with robin williams, robert deniro, and dean stockwell in 1978.

[InvisibleTouch]

113. I once bought a pet snake from a guy...

...who worked with Marilyn Manson. I don't know if it counts as "royalty" exactly - at the time I didn't even recognize the name. I've since heard the name, seen some pics, but am still not familiar with the music. Thus I wasn't as duly impressed as I guess he was expecting me to be - but he was perfectly nice and we completed the transaction smoothly, and that's all I was interested in.

[rucky]

115. I smoked up with Vanilla Ice.

long story.

[nickyt]

117. My cousin's boyfriend stole Jim Morrison's leather jacket at a Doors concert in

Florida!! I forget if he gave it back or not - I do not approve, just relating the event - !

[Lautremont]

122. Spent an afternoon with Tom Waits once.

Nice guy. Oh, and once Leonard Cohen phoned me and left a message.

[ok_cpu]

124. I met David Bowie and Iman

at his son's college graduation. My SIL graduated with him.

[stuntcat]

128. I passed Tracey Thorn on the stairs

at a nightclub in London once :headbang:

And I hung out with Milla Jovovich for a while outside a nightclub in Washington DC :headbang:

(they might not count for rockers but they can sing)

[DBoon]

129. My youngest brother was good friends with Courtney Love's guitarist

We all went to school with the Erlandson clan

and one of our dog-walking friends was married to the Clash's bass player. Her name is Pearl, and her dog is Earl

[NanceGreggs]

130. Well, here goes ...

I've been very fortunate in that I've met many "stars", having been married to a record producer, and later working as a staff writer for a music industry magazine, where I got to interview all of the acts in town.

I was only 19 when I moved in with my first husband, a much older and very experienced record producer, who had worked with James Brown, Patti LaBelle, The Drifters, and many more. We'd only been together a few months when he decided to give me a surprise birthday party. Everytime someone knocked at the door, I opened it to find another friend who'd come to wish me well. The sixth or seventh knock on the door was the REAL surprise, however. I saw a handsome black face that I recognized immediately - to the point where I was too shaken to speak. He held out his hand and said, "Hi, I'm Ben E. King. Bob told me it was your birthday, and I thought it would be the perfect time for us to meet." Ben became a frequent weekend guest after that, and I treasured his friendship - a gentle and wonderful man, with a sense of humour that couldn't be beat.

We lived on the north shore of Long Island then, and my husband's studio was down the road from our house. When Bob was contracted to produce a Bo Diddly album, it was agreed that it was more convenient to have Bo stay with us than at a hotel. So for ten days, Bo Diddly was our houseguest. He was a great story-teller, and he often had me laughing so hard I was in tears. He was also a GREAT cook, and insisted on making dinner as often as his recording schedule would allow.

But the BEST day of my entire life was in the spring of 1973. We were living in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Grammy Awards were held there that year (first and last time, I believe). I got a volunteer 'job' with NARAS for the day: staying at the theatre where the show would be broadcast from that night, greeting the artists as they arrived, and arranging for their limosines back to their hotels when their rehearsals were done.

These were the days LONG before cell-phones, and the only phones in the theatre were in the office, which had been taken over by the TV production staff.

So one after the other, they arrived for their rehearsals - Loggins & Messina, Curtis Mayfield, the Staple Singers, Don MacLean - until the theatre was PACKED with people. At one point, I looked around me; there must have been fifty people in the lobby - and I realized that the ONLY person in the place who WASN'T famous was me!

The highlight of all of this (as if one were needed) was when Ringo Starr came up to me and asked if he could borrow a dime to use the pay-phone. I gave him the dime, and Harry Nilson (who was with him) looked at me, deadpanned, and said, "I hope you realize you'll never see that dime again. The guy's a well-known deadbeat, and everybody knows it."

THAT is a day I will never forget. As I said, I have been fortunate.