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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 . ."
- Slim Pickens "Blazing Saddles" |
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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.
Nothing to see here folks...move on please. |
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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.
Miles has a real funny one concerning Chris Squire. |
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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.
Since my son is now graduating and persuing a career in stage and film, I am hoping that some of the past friendships might turn out to be beneficial. |
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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
Every one of these people was very down to earth
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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: 6 String Ranch | We had Cliff eat French Toast in our kitchen once, does that count? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Not unless you ate it off of Selma Hayek's stomach. |
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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."
Have never seen a Newman movie since and won't buy the popcorn or salad dressing either. |
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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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