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Location: Michigan | Hey lets hear some stories of anyone having an encounter with a Celebrity .
Maybe a Rock Star /Movie Star / Sports Star / ??? Porn Star ???( PG only please )
Slipkid ,, maybe you could tell us what else you use that coconut bra for other than Ovation encounters??
Maybe we will find the guy that played the drums for the WHO when they had a person from the audience play the drums for them one night.
My encounters were having Alice Cooper wear a hat of mine during a concert ( DETROIT )that I thru on stage at a concert back in the 70s .
A walk by and a hello from Edgar Winter & Rick Derringer backstage 70s ( DETROIT ) also
I got to meet & shake George Foremans hand in ( LAS VEGAS ) in the late the 90s.
Now I see Uncle Kracker & his wife a half a dozen or so times a year at the local (Suburb of DETROIT) watering hole & restaraunt by my house.
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Location: south east Michigan | Here comes the let down.....
My best celebrity encounter is....
Walking past Slim Pickens at the airport in Salt Lake City. |
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Location: NJ | ". . Boy . . you use your mouth purtier than a $20 whore . ."
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Location: south east Michigan | "Somebodys gotta go back & get a sh*tload of dimes!!! -same movie.
After thinking about it I have had short one on ones with quite few cast members of...
No...
Changed my mind.
Best not talk about all the Star Trek Conventions I used to attend.
Let's forget about it.
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Location: NJ | It would have be fair. I have written a ton of articles for Guitar magazines and at the Namm show celebs are all over the place.
This was kinda funny but not representative of many of the encounters I had.
I was mindlessly walking down the asile at the Namm show when security pushed me out of the way, i turned to be face to face with Paul Stanley of Kiss in full makeup. All I could do was laugh, which I think was not the reaction he was looking for at all.
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Location: SE Michigan | I met Bob Seger in a club in Detroit in the 1980's. I talked to him a little bit, told him I owned and played an Ovation, etc. He was very cool and gracious about it. I imagine a lot of celebrities would just brush you aside or evade you. But there was Bob Seger having a beer in a club just enjoying himself and talking to people. I still think he showed a lot of class. |
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Location: Scotland | I have quite a few stories from my gig promoter days in the 80's, including Steve Young, Roy Harper, Peter Rowan, John Stewart and Townes Van Zandt. The Townes story is priceless but way too long and involved for my limited typing skills. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Back when I traveled a lot I met Joe Foreman in a Las Vegas elevator and got invited back up to his penthouse suite....his bodyguard on the elevator made him look small!!!!
I met Mohammed Ali at the Tulsa airport and chatted with him for about 20 minutes while he was waiting for his people to pick him up.
Also met Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns at the airport in Las Vegas.
Old timers....I hung out with Mark Volman of the Turtles (and Flo & Eddie), met all the members of the Guess Who (my group was the opening act for them at several venues when they toured the south), Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders and many more in a purely passing encounter type of thing.
Later in life, my wife and I used to be big supporters of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and through that association we became good friends with many "B" list actors and soap stars.....and a few "A" list at the time. Most "A" list celebrities were very wary of meeting and/or getting close to new people (probably for obvious reasons) while most of the "B" list were wonderful and engaging folks with marvelous sense of humors and would actually go out of their way to be nice and often become a longtime friend.
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Location: East Tennessee | I've met a few along life's way. Here goes.
Met Johnny Cash a County fair in 1959. He was between shows. Also met Luther Perkins at the same time.
Met Jim Reeves in a department store a couple of years before he died in a plane crash.
Since I've moved to Tennesse and have worked at Dollywood for the past 12 years I,ve met a bunch.
Merle Haggard, Steve Warnier, Marty Stuart, Rex Allen Jr., Jim Ed Brown, George Hamilton IV, Johnny Russell, Jim Glaser, and since I work at The Southern Gospel Music Association I've met a lot of Southern Gospel Singers and groups.
And last but not least,(I can't wait for the comments), Dolly Parton. :D
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Location: Keller, TX | Saw Mel Tillis (from Smokey and the Bandit) in the Dallas Airport once. On the back of his jacket, it read "Look, it's MMMMel!" |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Saw Joan Rivers walking around at a suburban shopping mall in Dearborn, MI back in 1979...didn't talk to her, though. She was in town for a comedy gig (this was right at the beginning of her fame).
Talked to country/folk singer Suzy Bogguss at The Ark folk club in Ann Arbor, MI this last Friday evening!!!! It's common for artists at The Ark to do a meet-and-greet and autographs after their show. Have also talked to singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer and acoustic blues player Rory Block similarly.
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Location: NJ | Bill Kaman made me FrenchToast once . . . 'zat count?? |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | When I was a kid living in PA, we belonged to a Country Club called Shawnee on The Delaware. My dad was the M.D. on call for the club which was owned by Fred Waring. I used to call him Uncle Fred and our family knew him quit well. |
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Location: NJ | btw, Willard;
Shawnee is still there.
Good friend o'mine has a condo there . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Best not talk about all the Star Trek Conventions I used to attend.
Anyone else catch the Comedy Central William Shatner Roast?
.... Laughed my ass off. Greg Giraldo had me rolling as did many others.
I met Ronald Reagan in the WhiteHouse when he was President, thankfully, I was was stoned at the time.
And I appeared on stage at the National Theather with Ian MacClellan in 'Acting Shakespeare.' |
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Location: NJ | ". . thankfully, I was was stoned at the time . ."
That's okay . . . he was daft . . . |
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Location: NJ | Did I mention that the FrenchToast was really, really good??? |
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Location: Tennessee | I've had a bunch. The best one though was at LAX. My daughters were about 3 & 5 at the time and were huge "A Team" fans. As we were waiting at our gate to board our outbound flight, the plane came in and passengers started deplaneing. One of the first off was Mr.T, in all his regalia. Needless to say the girls were awestruck ... and Mr. T stopped for a moment, got down on his haunches and gave them the BA schtick. My daughter just looked at him and asked "Did they knock you out to get you on that plane, 'fraidy cat?". The entire boarding area, including Mr. T, erupted hysterically. BTW, he was a genuinely nice guy. |
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Location: Michigan | Hey Slipkid when you were at those Star Trek conventions , were you wearing your official Star Trek uniform? I still have mine.
Did you get to hear Scotty say:::
Captain I can try reversing the polarity on the anti-matter pods but I can't guarantee that
she-lll hold up !!!
How about Captain Kirk
Bones , Bones , you have to put Spocks brain back together...
And the famous reply by Dr. McCoy
Dammit Jim Im a doctor not a magician...
Scotty GWB here:::: beam me up ...
I going to the refreshment deck and get a bottle of Romulan Ale to drink . I will beam back later. GWB |
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Location: south east Michigan | Dispite recent history....I'm not the dress-up type. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Like most everyone else, I've had a run in or two with a couple of celebrities but the one I remember most is this one. My dad's been in the auto racing game, professionally, for over 50 years now and has introduced me to some of the biggest names in auto racing including Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, AJ Foyt, Sterling Marlin and others. Well, once upon a time, he takes his young son of 14 (me) down Pit Row at Daytona. It's only a practice day, a solid week before the big race, and he wants to be a Big Guy to his kid. He walks up to a guy he has met several times in the pits and says to him, "Mr. Newman, good to see you. I would love you to meet my son. He's a huge fan."
Paul Newman looks at my dad and starts verbalizing a blue streak about "F*&! *&%@!&%^!!!...you gotta be an f&^$#!'in idiot to see that I'm not working here...take your kid and get the hell outta here..."
Now I know my dad's been around racing longer than most, and almost certainly longer than that jerk, and says to him "No problem, Mr Newman. Please pardon the interruption and feel free to get back to your coffee and paper while the guys work on your car. Hope you finish safely next Sunday. My son understands completely."
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | I used to work at the airport in Anchorage, AK during the early 80's and had the chance to meet Bo Diddly. He was returning from a show and having coffee at the airport restaurant sitting at the counter. I knew it was him immediately, and sat in the empty seat at the counter next to him. I told him what an honor it was to sit next to him, ordered coffee, and struck up a conversation. I kept trying to get him to share his thoughts on everything by making small talk. We talked for about an hour, while he was waiting for his flight. Interesting conversation with a founder of Rock and Roll that I'll never forget. |
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Location: Scotland | I promoted a Bo Diddley show in the Mid 80's. His wife was with him and when he introduced us, and I swear this is true, he said...... "and this is my wife, Mrs Diddley"....... |
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Location: NJ | ". . Not unless you ate it off of Selma Hayek's stomach . ."
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Location: Michigan | Interesting WeaserP , I work for a distributor of PPG products & in the 80s-90s they use to be the top sponser of the Indy car racing circut. Paul was 1/2 owner of the Indy car Newman Haus racing team .About the Paul Newman thing is he was always like that when he was racing.My girlfreind was a huge fan of his so whenever we went down to any of the races we always had preffered passes to get into any area of the racetrack and the one thing that we were told was if you meet Paul Newman do not ask him about anything but racing or he will totaly ignore you or get you thrown out of his area .He is well known for becoming very stand offish to the public when he is at a racetrack .He supports his claim that all of his time would be spent signing autographs & talking to people about his movie star status .We did get to see him a couple of times but I wasn't about to approach him just for the reason that you stated. GWB |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Yeah, I can buy that if you're in the throws of a big race. Bottom line is it's big money. Again, I grew up around it so we had a fairly good idea of what an ok time to approach someone was vs. a lousy tme and based on others that dad introduced me to, he was a pretty good judge of that.
Given my experience, anyone who would treat a guy like that, especially in front of his kid, is a jerk and always will be. Just one opinion though. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I took a leak next to Val Kilmer at the "Crown Room" (Delta Airlines VIP lounge) in Salt Lake City once.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Not unless you ate it off of Selma Hayek's stomach. Do you like BoobsALot? |
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Location: Michigan | Did both of you wash your hands before shaking hands ??? GWB |
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Location: Gardnerville, NV | I sold security systems to Leonard Nimoy, Joe Satriani, and James Hetfield. Nimoy and Satriani were great, Hetfield and his girlfriend sensed that I wasn't as impressed as they thought I should be to be in their presence. |
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Location: USA | ok my run ins,,,
Goldie Hawn
Diane Keaton
Mark Farner
Tommy James...
Might have missed a few... :)
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Oh yeah (speaking of Goldie) ....I forgot I sat next to Kirk Russell on a flight back from San Diego to Colorado. Nice guy but really short. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Tom Jones once made an appearance at a local tavern in Biloxi, MS. after a concert at the Gulf Coast Coliseum. You couldn't get close (not that I wanted to) with all the females surrounding him until one of his entourage hollered out "PLEASE, DON'T SQUEEZE THE CHARMIN"! :D
Had a short converstion with Leslie Nielsen at the same place another night. Truly a funny guy. |
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Location: Oregon | I met Joe Satriani at a signing so I don't think that really counts. But he did spell my name correct without asking. I was extremely nervous, like.... "What if I sprain his hand when I shake it?!" |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I got to shake hands with Carlos Montoya after a concert at Clowes Hall in Indianapolis once. It was like shaking hands with a dead fish. Of course he HAD just finished a 1-1/2 hr concert so maybe his hand was tired? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I met The Amazing Kreskin, but was a bit disappointed when he asked my name. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I was playing in the Vinny golf tournament in Nashville. Our fivesome had the celibrity Randy Owens, singer from Abalama. The other three were fat corporatelookin types. Randy had just shaved off his beard and I still had mine. All day long the people would come up to the group, check us out and then come to me and ask for an autograph. Randy just about pissed himself laughing. By the back nine people would approach him and he'd send them over to me and sit back and laugh. The last few holes there was this small group of girls following us on every shot. When it was over they approached and asked if I would sign their program book. I said OK and turned to the Ovation Ad page and signed Bill Kaman. They said thanks and I could hear them when we were about 30 feet away "But his name's BEAL !?!" Randy and I were laughing so hard, glad we were in the cart so we wouldn't have fallen down. |
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Location: NJ | The FrenchToast was made with a multi-grain bread that had a lotta' nuts & twigs & stuff like that in it . . .
I guess that's what made it really, really good . . .
Fed the leftover crumbs to Sam Waterson's guinea hens . . . . but I guess that doesn't count either . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by cliff:
The FrenchToast was made with a multi-grain bread that had a lotta' nuts & twigs & stuff like that in it . . .
I guess that's what made it really, really good . . . Shame on you, Bill. Making Cliff french toast out of your old Llama Chow just cause you're too cheap to throw it away... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ... and that 100% Vermont Maple syrup hand drawn from virgin Sugar Maples by nubile wood nymphs? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yes it was, 1000% Vermont Maple surple, taken only from the left side of the left leaning trees. (There's alot of that going on up there)There was the greatest bacon too but Cliff can't tell you about that.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Then there was the time at the Frankfort music show when John Entwhistle and I killed several Martins, Remy Martins that is. It was a great time but I can't tell you how it ended. |
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Location: NJ | ". . hand drawn from virgin Sugar Maples by nubile wood nymphs . ."
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Bill told me that there were a lot of "faeries" in Vermont, but didn't mention anything about "wood nymphs" . . . |
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| Back in the 80's I met Glen Campbell after a show at Gusman Hall in Miami. He had a beard back then. Also met his guitarist Jeff Dayton... |
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Location: North Carolina | Unless I have actual business with a celebrity (like opening for them) I pretend not to recognise them. As much as they claim to hate the limelight, being ignored drives them nuts. |
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Location: NJ | Last year, I was at a wedding out on Long Island.
I'm walking thru the lobby of the banquet hall, and I see Jerry Stiller there standing by himself wearing a tux and a RedSox cap. I shook his hand, told him I'd been a big fan of his for many years, and that Festivus was my favorite holiday. He got a big laugh and was very gracious (tho he couldn't hear too well).
As I turn and walk away from him, Ben Stiller (whom I can't stand) is walking in, pulling off his rain coat. We make eye-contact, and he gets that "oh shit, he's recognized me" look on his face.
I walked up to him and say "Hey! Check it out! that's Jerry Stiller over there!!" and walk away.
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Location: Toronto | I was in the departure lounge at the airport in Vegas when I ran into Don Cherry. I told him that he was my son's favorite and that he watches Coaches Corner all the time.
Don was a real gentleman and asked alot of questions. At that time, my son was spending alot of time at Sick Kids hospital. When Don heard about it he grabbed my cell phone, took a picture of the two of us and then preceded to call my boy up to say hi and wrote him a lovely note - signed by Don and his dog Blue!
A truly wonderful man and a great Canadian!! |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Got to meet Joe Piscopo when my daughter dated his son for a few months when she was in high school. Met Van Cliburn once when he played here in the late 60's--much more memorable for me, actually. Since I'm not into TV or movies (I'd just as soon play guitar), I probably wouldn't know a celebrity if one ran into me--unless Ovation made it.
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Location: Tennessee | Just got off a flight with ... Buddy Rice!
And I got to shake Jojo Garza's hand at the LLB concert Saturday night. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Actor Peter Breck of Big Valley fame is a family friend.
I had lunch a couple times with Brian Plummer (Brian Plummer and the Suspects-Money Talks) as we talked about writing together. Wrote a song with Bruce Miller (What Do You Care-Patricia Conroy , Rude Awakening-Pure Prairie League)titled Timberman.
Was having beer at a table next to Musician/Actor Jim Byrnes the night Princes Di was killed. We chatted about the news smut that was sure to follow.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I've told the Chris Squire one before, but my favorite is still meeting Tommy Shaw, who was wearing Joe Perry's name tag. People kept coming up to him and doing the "loved you in Aerosmith" thing... Al and I did the same thing, but he knew we were joking by the way we did it. Others were just really that stupid.
But really...
Main Entry: ce·leb·ri·ty
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
1 : the state of being celebrated : FAME
2 : a famous or celebrated person
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Location: UK - Canterbury Kent | Due to my involvement with historic motorsport in the UK, I have met and passed the time of day with Nick Mason of Pink Floyd and Mark Knophler of Dire Straits. I have also met Chris Rea.
When I was with Mark travelling in my car ( I gave him a lift from the race circuit to a game of cricket), I asked him how often he practised, as I said that I played. He said not very often. I also told him about seeing Dire Straits on the Old Grey Whistle Test TV program, being their first TV apperarance, (Only UK people will under stand this)and saying that next day, I went into the record store in a place call Havant and no one had ever heard of Dire Straits. He laughed and said he used to live close by and new the record store.
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Location: NJ | Nick Mason's book "Inside Out" is quite insightful and pretty humorous . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Hmmmm, I have seen a few movies with a girl named Porche, which brings to mind....
about 15 years ago when I was a regular at CES, they used to have the Porn convention in another building at the same time(still do but back then it wasn't that well know) and I got to meet and hang out with my dream sweetie at the time....Nina Hartley. She was a really cool chick and a lot of fun.... but when it was time to leave and she went to give me a kiss, my mind did a porn moment flash and I turned and got the kiss on my cheek instead.....I am sure many of you can comprehend why! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Michigan | Now were starting to get to the good stuff !!
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Location: SoCal | Over the years, been introduced or met a number of guitar celebs...Lightfoot, George Grove, Brian Wilson, PP&M, etc., but nothing tops this episode with a famous drummer:
I drove up from Univ of Oregon to Univ of Portland for a prom...Buddy Rich and band were performing. My date lost her contact lens in the middle of the dance floor, shut down the entire prom while a number of us got down on our knees to find the lens. Course, they had to turn on all of the lights. Later, one of the other gals took my date into the restroom and found it...fallen inside her dress. We may have been looking for only about 15 minutes but it seemed like an hour. Of course, everyone including Rich, knew that it was my date. Heck, it wasn't my fault. Later, Rich came over and said he'd been thrown out of a lot of joints but never shut down by a contact lens. So, later I took my date to a Pizza Parlor. Evening ended up early. Heck, I had long drive back to Eugene. |
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| I met some interesting folks in Portland on the 19th of August. It was right near a day-glow flower painted on the street. Someone offered me a drink and I slipped into a dream... after that, memories are very fragmented and strange. There were all these odd shaped guitars and even odder shaped heads... I think someone must have been famous. |
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| I've never heard of most of these people.
But I've met several of the people on the OFC Poster and dvd.
I said hello to Jimi Hendrix once and he said hello right back. For the English members - this was in Watford Gap Services in 1967. He was barely famous in England in those days.
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I've met/seen some stars, but have never been star struck. Until...
Around 1990, there was this relatively unknown (at the time) model that I randomly saw in a Spiegal catalog that just caught my attention. Ok, so I became a mildly obsessed young lad. An artist at the time, I painted and drew several portraits of her that adorned my apartment walls.
Then, about 2 years later, I'm standing in line (with my girlfriend at the time) for a hamburger at Six Flags Great Adventure, and I turn around to see this very same model, Roberta Chirko, and several of her model friends standing behind me. Panic struck, I freaked out for the first star struck time. Do I say hi? Will my girlfriend, who knows of my sick little fantasy obsession, get pissed if I do? What do I say?...
Before I knew it, I had turned around and in an out-of-body state of bliss and watched myself say "Roberta?" She, and all her friends paused, looking at me in puzzlement as to how I would possibly know who she was. Then, in a moment of completely pathetic, yet ecstatic bumbling idiot-drool, I managed to get the words out, "I paint pictures of you!"
Great first impression....("WARNING: FREAK STALKER ALERT!"). Probably the biggest dumb-ass moment of my life. Yeah, so...I'll forever be in therapy to get over this one.
Turns out that after I politely walked away (after attempting to form even more incoherant babble slightly resembling syllables), my too-cool-for-words girlfriend remained behind to explain that I actually did paint some good portraits of her, and asked if there was a contact number of her modelling agency so that I could forward photos of the paintings to her. Roberta did give a number...and rightfully a bogus one.
And the moral of the story is...well, there is absolutely nothing moral about it-except the deeds of my rightously cool girlfriend (I probably should have hung onto her, huh? Dumb-ass moment #2).
The model, Roberta, ended up marrying the long time bass player for John Mellencamp. 2-3 years ago I contacted her via the web, retold her of the encounter. She emailed me back, remembering the moment, and requested that I send her digital images of the paintings. I sent them and never heard again.
Such is life.
Excuse me while I plunge an icepick into my temple. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | "A lot of people don't know this, but I am famous." Sam Malone on 'Cheers'. My dad met Liberache before he was famous. He and my mom went to the same college at the same time as the dad from the 'Brady Bunch'. My grandmother met JFK before he got in the limo in Dallas and took some of the last pictures of him. I met Barbara Mandrell |
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Location: Texas | I said "Thanks" to Al Shepard when he signed my copy of a book he authored (Moon Shot). He answered "You bet".
I was sitting in local restaraunt at lunch time, and had finished my lunch when a couple came in and sat at the table across the aisle from mine. The girl was very attractive. The guy was hiding underneath a baseball cap. When the waitress greeted them, the guy looked up long enough that I saw it was Lyle Lovett. I wonder what it is about him that attracts beautiful women like a magnet. :confused:
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | he combs his hair with his tongue! |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Johnny - great story. LMAO. |
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Location: San Angelo, Texas | I play golf with Tommy Lee Jones a couple of times a year. He ranches out close to our place. I've never been star struck, so that put him at easy real quick as I was explaining to his hired guy that the goats had broken through the fence...again...anf he needed to reinforce it....he walked up, smiled and asked what teh problem was...I told him, and he said they would take care of it soon. I told him it better be REAL soon or there would soon be a BIG goat BBQ. He laughed, offered me a beer and asked if I played golf. Fence got fixed, and I play golf a couple of times a year with him...
I've met most of the Texas Country scene guys, and work with some of them on a semi-regular basis...Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Cory Marrow and a few others. Also see Steven Curtis Chapman a couple of times a year, Chris Tomlin more frequently, a few other on the Christian scene fairly regularly. |
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Location: Snellville, GA | I've got a DVD that has cwk2 and Glen Campbell on it, but not in the same scene...does that count? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I shot the Sheriff. |
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Location: NJ | I buried Paul. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | #9 #9 #9 #9 #9 |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It was cinnamon on the french toast. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | And then there was the time that Bill Cosby was at the gas station waiting for his Gulfstream to get back from Charlotte so he sat behind the counter and answered the phones for an hour.
And Harrison Ford brought in his Helicopter with a mechanical problem so he just went straight to the maint. hangar, landed and asked for some tools. My guy gave him the tool box and went back to work and it dawned on him 1/2 hour later so he walks bace and says, "Is your name Harrison?". He says "Yes" and my guy says, "I thought so" and went back to fixing the plane. When Harry gets his mechanical fixed the Maint Forman comes up to him and says, "I got a Cessna over that that needs the motor pulled, if you're not doing anything this afternoon." Harry smiles and says, "I'd love to, but you know, I get the same flat rate fee for all my work. Can you cover that?" Laughs and hand shakes and pictures with the women followed and he flew off.
The best was getting Jimmy Buffets autograph. It was on the American Express card where he paid for 750 gallons, full retail. He was in town for a Democratic fund raiser.
Not to think that this is anti-Democrat, we charged Air Force One the max we could as well.
For the record: Buffet did not get french toast. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Bill introduced me to Seymour Duncan at NAMM. Wow!! I KNOW Bill Kaman!! How cool is that!? :D :p :D :p |
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Location: SoCal | Not very..... |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | I think that's way cool!!
I hope to maybe met him if we both make the S.E. gathering!
Been hoping to met Bill at the factory tours but we keep doing the alternating ones :eek: (Bill in '03-'05 and me in '04-'06)
.......think maybe he's avoiding me? :( |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | Had a handful-- most of them with musical idols of mine. I have interviewed David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Gordon Lightfoot for a local music publication I worked on in the '90's -- all phone interviews (on tape), but fun nonetheless.
Met Crosby and Nash at the Blind Lemon, an upscale tavern with live music in Mt. Adams, which is a hoity toity community overlooking downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River. Whenever Crosby, Stills, and/or Nash come to town in any configuration, they end up here. Owner Eddie Shephard is a dead ringer for Graham Nash, and when that was brought to the band's attention, Eddie and CSN became fast friends. Knowing this, I grabbed a guitar playing buddy the night before a CSN concert at Riverbend, and we went to the Lemon hoping to do a little stargazing. It was a gorgeous summer night, and we were outside listening to the musician. Suddenly this lanky, unassuming dude walks down the steps in the shadows of a stone archway and goes to a pay phone (!) in a little alcove carved into the wall. It was Graham Nash; I knew what he looked like, and a moment later there was no question when he was joined by a lumbering bear of a man with a Walrus mustache-- the Croz. We chatted with them for a few moments; they actually remembered I'd interviewed them a couple of years earlier. Very cool guys, just folks.
In the 1970's, there was a club in Clifton across from the University of Cincinnati main campus called the Family Owl. It was THE place to play acoustic music in town. The best local talent played there, and national and regional acts, established and up and coming, would stop there to play. John Denver played there, as did U. Utah Phillips and Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Our band Rosewood was in the rotation at the club. There was another band that performed regularly there, too, called Melange. GREAT instrumentalists! We'd jam with them a lot. Their lead singer and rhythm guitarist was awesome. He was from right across the river in Covington, Kentucky. His name was Craig Fuller. You may have heard of him; started this little band called Pure Prairie League. Wrote this song called "Amie." We knew him when...
But the best encounter ever was at a bigger club called Reflections, which was about two blocks south of the Family Owl. One night we were there to listen to a band that had just finished their first album, which was about a month and a half away from release. They had been doing some grassroots touring to establish themselves, and they were winding it down. They were incredible--two guitars, bass and drums and four part vocal harmonies that made your hair stand on end. A lot of acoustic-oriented stuff with country overtones. We spent most of the night picking our jaws up off the floor; they were that good. When they took a break, we went over to thank them for the incredible music and offered to buy them drinks. They said they had a tab and bought us drinks instead. They were young guys, about our age, and when we introduced ourselves, I said to the drummer, a skinny kid with a cloud of curly hair, "We're in a band, too." We talked shop for a while, and stayed the rest of the night to listen to the music and get blown away.
The next time this band came to town they played at Riverfront Stadium in front of almost 60,000 screaming fans (including us). That band, of course was the Eagles-- and I told Don Henley, "We're in a band, too." Possibly the most arrogant and presumptuous statement I've ever made in my life! It was a lot of fun, though.
Oh, and Don--- I'm STILL in a band! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I saw Sade at a London museum once.
The only other celebrity encounter I've been involved with was in the London Underground about 10 years ago when I had long scruffy hair and a goatee. A local drunk screamed 'Billy' at me and staggered over to give me a huge smelly hug and proceeded to tell me that I was the funniest f***ing fella on the telly.
He thought I was Billy Connolly - the Scottish comedian.
He was VERY drunk.
(BTW, do you yanks know who Billy Connolly is?) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | i shot Mephisto. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Billy Connolly is Brilliant.
At the gas station we also had Bon Jovi come through, Jon got right on the phoneas he walked off the plane so that he would be too busy for anybody but Richie and the boys were fine. Remembered me from my previous life.
Elton John played Jacksonville and ordered everyone away from the plane, had the limo go out to it and then snuck into it. Wouldn't wave or look at anyone. We charged then $100 for washing their dishes.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill flew in for one of the football ganes, Tennessee won and someone in their group stole our Florida flag from the flag pole out in front. They also forgot a really nice pair of binoculars that are still very functional today.
Bill Graham used to come through for treatments at the Mayo Clinic from time to time. A really nice and gental man.
Natrina (tennis) and her wife got stuck there for a couple of hours, change of flight plans or something. She was quiet but nice. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I have a few from the distant past.
- my grandfather was an excellent golfer - got as far as being a teaching pro. When I was 8 or 9, he took me golfing with him... our partners were Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto. Being from NY and a big Yankee fan, that was amazing!
- I met another ex-Yankee - Paul Blair - at a bowling alley.
- When I was in college, the last time I was in a band, we opened and closed a dance marathon at my old high school. The band that preceeded us at the closing was Twisted Sister - the bad news was that we pretty much only new the songs that we were playing at the dance and Twisted Sister played about 1/2 of them before we got on... OUCH!
- And last but not least... my nephew just completed filming a part in the upcoming season of the Sopranos (He's 8). He plays a kid at a birthday party for one of the mobsters kids.
That's all I've got! |
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by Trboy:
...I met Norm Abrams at the International Woodworking Fair (IWF) in the early '90's..... OK, now THERE is a guy I'd cross the street to meet. You're average entertainer, I wouldn't bother. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I've had 1 celebrity encounter and it's screwed to the wall of my music room. Dave |
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Location: Brentwood,TN | Bill - did the Bon Jovi boys ever come up to the mothership back in the day when they were using the good stuff or did their tech's do everything for them? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Yeah...I'd be interested to know who cared enough to show up and be part of the process. |
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Location: NJ | I think they just sent the mousse . . . |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | I met and shook hands with Red Skelton, Nelson Rockefeller,Patrick Ewing in an elevator,Kenny Loggins at the baggage area of the airport in Hawaii(Autographed plane ticket).There are a few others that I can't think of now. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | and then there was the time I met Tyra Banks at a high fashion female clothing store and she kept coming out and modeling different dresses and asking me (the only male in the store) which ones I liked best. She said she was flying out to attend a ball that weekend in Poland and needed something formal to wear.
My wife kept coming out at different times while trying to find an outfit for a Make-A-Wish gala we were attending and asked if I was entertaining myself. I told her about the beautiful woman who kept asking my opinion so my wife hung around until she came back out. My wife recognized her immediately and they chatted a bit before Tyra picked a beautiful light purple outfit that went just amazing with her skintone.
and yes....she was incredibly beautiful in person with flawless skin and a wonderful personality. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Met and jammed with Dan Fogelberg at a campsite in Mesa Verde National Park in the early 70's. He walked up after hearing me play at a campfire and introduced himself. He had a contract at the time, but was otherwise unknown. I only remember that he had a funny name, could sing really well, knew a lot of songs, but didn't impress me as a great guitarist at the time. Of course, I kept my Ovation and loaned him my wife's cheap Yamaha.
Met and jammed with Kenny Loggins while serving in the National Guard in the late 60's in Los Angeles. He had a friend (a fellow writer) who was in our unit and brought him out to jam with a bunch of us while we pulling an all-nighter.
Met a bunch of folks while touring with Danny Kaye under contract with CBS in the early 60's. I was a pre-teen tap dancer and none of the celebrities made much impression on me except the surf bands of the day (Ventures, Sufaris, etc.). Annette Funicello was closer in age to my mother than me. Red Skelton had a studio next to our rehearsal studio at CBS. He was very kind to kids. All I really remember is the stage hands telling me that it was o.k. to speak to him if he was walking to his dressing room (from the studio stage), but to stay away from him if he was walking to the stage because he had a tendency to barf.
We were performing so much back then that we meeting celebrities meant little to us. I was way more interested in meeting Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Dear Penthouse forum;.....
......no, I guess this isn't the right place for that story... |
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Location: NJ | ". . I never thought that this could happen to ME, but . . . . . " |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | "...I was in the bank and the young, quite beautiful teller asked me how I'd like to make my deposit...well, I just about lost it right then and there but..." |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Go on... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | With the literature that some of these guys read and quote, its a wonder they have time to hang out on the OFC....
no wait....maybe that's WHY they hang out on the OFC! |
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Location: San Angelo, Texas | "...just then my cell phone rang, and it was Witco wanting to know if I needed more string tubes...." |
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