Members Brian Krashpad Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Against Me! opened for us about 7 years ago, so I probably said hi to the lead singer guy, as we were all using my PA. I also did a show back in the 90's and Sister Hazel went on right after us, so I probably said hi to those guys too. In both cases those bands were unknown except locally at the time. I've said hi to a couple guys from Less Than Jake when seeing them around town or at our shows (they used to be friends with another local band we used to gig with), particularly their bassist, as I've played a show on the same bill with a side project of his (Rehasher). I've met all the members of Cheap Trick and hung out all day backstage after interviewing Bun E. Carlos: I met Tom Petty's former Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch at a local music awards show (I live in Gainesville, where the Heartbreakers' precursors started out) in 1999. He was getting a "lifetime achievement" award because in addition to the Heartbreakers thing he now has a studio over near St. Augustine that some local musicians use for recording. My band was up for 3 awards but didn't win any that year. About a year ago I played bass for Bo Diddley in a pickup band for a benefit gig: There's probably some others but those come to mind quickest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members curseoftruth Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Voivod -- met all members, talked and got autographs after a show in Dallas. THere were only like 30 people there, so they made time to talk to the fans. Great guys. RIP Piggy. Lemmy - MotorheadWhite Zombie - entire bandRitchie Blackmore - when in RanibowRiot - same night as Blackmore, they opened along with SaxonDime and Vinnie - Pantera of course. If you were in the scene in DFW, you always ran into them.Jason Gong (when he was in Drowning Pool, now of A.M. Conspiracy)Ed Grundy of Bloodrock fame (bassist, he ran an ecommerce program at a community college and I taught in his group several years ago)B.J. Thomas at DFW airportKerry King of Slayer at John Wayne AirportVivian Campbell - in his Dio years at a guitar show in the 80s. Got his autgraph and chatted for a minute.Gary Hoey - at this year's Dallas Guitar show, super nice guy. Took pictures with us, talked, and signed autographs Some lesser knowns but signed and touring bands: I played shows with or promoted Malevelant Creation, Devil to Pay, Indian, Anal Blast, Graves at Sea, Yeti, and Jacknife. Not musical, but of note: Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Judd Nelson, Tom Arnold, and Ricky Rackman - all of those guys and the Lemmy and White Zombie all on the same night at the movie release party for Airheads at the Viper Room in LA. I saw Pauly Shore in LA standing in front of his club last year. I've met a number of Motorcycle folks as well -- Billy Lane is probably the most famous of the bunch. I've also met Ed Roman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 I've met a few "local guys" who live in the same area I do: Carlos SantanaNeal SchonKirk Hammet Also, a very long time ago I met Joe Walsh backstage after a James Gang concert, and once partied in a hotel room with three of the original Temptations after their show. Although I didn't meet them in person, I've also done phone interviews for magazine articles with Ravi Shankar and Jon Anderson from Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 84LPCustom Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 I know I'm forgetting some, but; MusicBo DiddleyRon WoodHughie ThomasonSteve HoweRobert PlantBrad DelpBarry Goudreau Non-MusicRonald ReaganTed KennedyJohn KerryMitt RomneyMike DukakisAlec BaldwinHillary Clinton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 84LPCustom Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 I've also met Ed Roman! Sorry to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coralkong Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 The more memorable ones All of U2. Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee from Rush. The Indigo girls. Billy Idol (got to go on the tour bus after a show. I went to college with his cousin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zatoichi Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 King CurtisTim CurryDon AmecheCraig Chaciquo (sp?)Tim WeisbergRoy HarperStingBob GeldofAndy SummersDan McCaffertyManfred MannFee WaybillRobert VaughnAnsel AdamsMichael JacksonRandy CaliforniaSteve StillsBonnie RaittJimmy SealsDash CroftsJames RedfieldThe Bay City RollersSherman Helmsley ("George Jefferson")Roger Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seblo_15 Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 I have jammed with D.C. Minner a couple of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarsjb Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Johnny CashKen and Buzz (guitarists for Unearth)Dimebag DarrellHenson Cargill Helen Gurley Brown Brooke Shields Aaron TippinWillie Nelson David Alan CoeInto Eternity (whole band)Pat Lachman (sp?) from Damage PlanThat's all I can think of right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Timmott Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Lets see: ThriceTaking Back SundayJimmy Eat WorldAmber PacificAnberlinMaeArmor for Sleep and I'm going to meet The Sleeping in a couple weeks, my friends band is playing with them. Not really big bands, but they were all cool guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Winners of thread thus far: Curseoftruth- Lemmy84LPcustom- Bo Diddleyguitarsjb- Johnny Cash I've also worked in radio and for music columns in local papers and zines as well as in a ton of record stores, plus I used to book shows for a couple of small venues and was in some bands that opened for some pretty big names (at least in certain circles at the time), so I have a long list too. Alot of those work-related things involved backstage passes, the chance to interview some bands, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BarneyGumbel Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 I've been taking lessons from Zoot Horn Rollo, though I recently stopped so I could try to catch up with all the material he's thrown at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dougy Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 I also nearly met Atomic Kitten one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angus_old Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 i met sigourney weaver at a bookstore. i liked that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Of all the great musicians I've met, I'd have to say that the most personable, down to earth ones, and the hence the one's I respect the most are (in no particular order): John Hammond, John Jorgenson, Magic Slim, Big Bill Morganfield (Muddy's son), Bernard Allison, Delbert Mclinton, Paul Kantner, Charlie Musselwhite and Stephen O'rourke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Noel Redding, Hendrix' bass player and Josh Silver, who is the keyboard player from Type O Negative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 I waited on Don Novello once? Father Guido Sarducci? Anyone? I also met a MLB pitcher at Disneyland once...BFD yes I have lived a sheltered existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Pete SteeleMark from RiotLou GrammLeslie WestJoey RamoneMichael HedgesDick DaleJunior Kennedy (Chris Romanelli) from The PlasmaticsKat (that "shredder" chick who thinks fast is where it's at) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whit townsend Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Drank moonshine with Merle Watson one time. Around our campfire at a bluegrass festival back around 1981-82. This would probably impress the acoustic forum guys more. But if you don't know, Merle was Doc Watson's son. Also a great guitarist and played with Doc for many years. Merle was tragically killed a few years later in a tractor roll-over on his farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MisterTV Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 1999, downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, approx. 5 p.m. After leaving work, I was standing on the sidewalk, waiting for the light to turn. Dave Grohl was standing next to me, wearing a green army surplus jacket and holding a dozen roses. I thought he was a delivery guy until I recognized him - very strange. The Foo Fighters were playing a show that night with Talk Show (the Scott Weiland-less version of Stone Temple Pilots... remember them?) I said I recognized him and we chatted for 2 or three blocks. Very polite and a cool guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FenderPusher Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Kaki KingTim ReynoldsJamie Masefield (Jazz Mandolin Project)MMW & John ScofieldJohn Roderick (The Long Winters) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slider Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Marianne Faithful. I made her coffee when she visited my roomate at our studio. she taklked about wanting to meet some cowboys and the new album she was working on, 'Strange Weather". my roomates girlfriend and Marianne met at Hazelden in our town. that;'s where fancy people do rehab.she was really pleasant. Yoko Ono. I work in a modern art museum. she was having a show and I spent the week with here setting thingas up. I didn't want to like her, but she was so cool and I was into what she was making. she is a really nice person. just don't talk about the Beatles. I met Bjork too. just briefly. she likes her personal space. oh, I almost forgot. I met the entire Jefferson Airplane way back in 1970. smoked herb with em too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRPool Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Spoke with Muhammad Ali, early one morning outside a hotel in San Francisco, sadly he was unable to speak even 10 years ago. Even though he could use no words, he smiled, nodded and slipped me a left jab in the arm. It was a huge moment for a 40 something who grew up watching all the great fights with he, Foreman, Frazier, Norton and all the rest. Ironically enough I ran into Larry Holmes a year or so ago in the Las Vegas airport. Great guy and he even took some and chatted a moment but didn't hold a candle to Ali when it came to charisma points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nuke_diver Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Coco Montoya at a local Blues Bar. Nice guy very down to earth Ian Thomas (was moderately well known in Ontario in the 70's) took his kids to get ice cream (friends of mine were neighbours). His brother is Dave Thomas who is one of the MacKenzie brothers. That's about it. Not much really. I don't hang out where celebs might be found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 I met Lemmy from Motorhead in a bar just round the corner from a venue they were playing, I was stood at the bar waiting to be served, glanced to my left and he was just stood there with a pint!! so I said "alright Lemmy" and ended up chatting for 20 mins. Sound Bloke is Lemmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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