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Last year on my flight home from Roo I sat right in front of John Bell from Widespread Panic. He signed my Bonnaroo book and I got a picture with him in the airport.
Then last Wednesday at Sunfest I saw Michael Franti in the crowd at P-Funk.
I've met and had a few words with several artists including Amie Mann, Def Leppard, Ed Kowalczyk (of Live), KT Tunsatll and They Might Be Giants. I actually hung out with Los Lonely Boys after a show here in Nashville right before they broke big. I've talked with Everclear a few times and Alice in Chains once when they were just coming out in 1990.
My favorite was Willie Nelson. I met him at the '04 Dem Convention after he warmed up. It was pretty early in the day and very few people were around. He stopped and talked with me for about 10 minutes. I mention we missed him at Bonnaroo. (He had to cancel his Roo show in '04 for wrist surgery.)
I also got to shake hands with Bono and John Mellencamp at the Convention.
I got to sing "Amazing Grace" on stage at the Ryman with Vince Gill last Spring (of course a couple dozen others were there too as everyone was invited to come up.) It was at an Edwards event that was planned on the day of the Va Tech shootings. Though he was there, Edwards cancelled the political part and we all just had a healing musical session.
I was VERY impressed with Edwards. I've never known a politician to pass up a chance to accept money or names for their mailing list. Edwards would accept neither and spoke only to recite a hymn he said comforted him when he lost his son. I still gets moved thinking of the event. It was very healing.
The Gin Blossoms are really cool about hanging out with the crowd after shows. I've seen them play twice here in Knoxville and met frontman Robin Wilson both times. When they played here last summer bassist Bill Leen just struck up conversation with my friends and me while we were standing around after the show, he was just asking us about what our town's like and if we play music (turns out my friend and I both play guitar). We were both so star struck and drunk on that occasion that we were just in awe, but it was really cool.
hung out with Buckethead a handful of times. here's a cupla quick pix i can show from those encounters of the E.T.
it's how i met Brain, Bill Laswell, and the one and only Bootsy Collins!
i've met Colonel Claypool, but due to a series of events, i didn't have a camera on me. I do have the set list he signed and doodled on, and a signature on my c2b3 album cover. Cool fella.
I have met Frank Black of the Pixies and the guys from Queens of the Stone Age. The Queens dudes were really cool. They stuck around and talked to a buddy of mine and I for like 10-15 minutes after a show.
I've also partied with Jay Bentley of Bad Religion fame.
Ediger- it was pretty cool. It was Bootsy's 50th birthday and he was in rare form! He was hesitant to give me back the Star Wars figure that Bucket had given me. I let him keep my sharpie, hehe
My dad and Bob Dylan go way back. He and his friend Larry Kegan would catch up with the tour and hang out as long as they could. Sometimes they'd stay for weeks as Bob's personal guests. Bob put the word out to the crew that these were his friends and they were to be treated right and "make sure they don't get in the way or arrested." He opened for him in 1992 (cutting Soul Asylum's set short) and even played the Neil Young Bridge Benefit Concert twice. (I know. What the fuck huh?!?) www.genelafond.com
I had an all-access pass at 7 years old at a Dylan show in Mankato, MN in 1993. I hung out backstage for a while with his band but Bob doesn't really hang out backstage. Would have loved to shake that guy's hand, my God.
I saw The Band with my family when I was pretty young; I slid up to the front row and Rick Danko bent down and handed me his pick. Still have that one. R.I.P.
My bro blazed one with Jurassic 5 on their tour bus. And he also got a harmonica from John Popper when he saw him at the Minneapols airport one time.
Also, I got onstage and sung "I Get Wet" with Andrew WK, arms around each others' shoulders. Who else here has sang with the philosopher of the century?
Post by the3penguins on May 3, 2008 11:21:13 GMT -5
I once ran into System of a Down at a berlin starbucks. Didn't have much to say, so I stammered something about their recent single and peaced. Think I might have gotten a handshake or two.
I also sort of met Patti Smith. Me and a couple guys hung around the stage door after a concert hoping to get an autograph, but she was less than friendly. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt though, as she had taken a fall onstage that night and might have been hurting more than she let on.
Also, I got onstage and sung "I Get Wet" with Andrew WK, arms around each others' shoulders. Who else here has sang with the philosopher of the century?
Haha
Amazing! Where in the hell has Andrew WK gone, and why can't he make another album like "I Get Wet?"
Post by Det. Jake Peralta on May 4, 2008 6:52:19 GMT -5
about two years ago i was playin baskeball with a couple of friends, and r. kelly was in town for a show, and he came to the gym we were at and played with us lol
Also, I got onstage and sung "I Get Wet" with Andrew WK, arms around each others' shoulders. Who else here has sang with the philosopher of the century?
Haha
Amazing! Where in the hell has Andrew WK gone, and why can't he make another album like "I Get Wet?"
I'm a big fan of AWK.
He's a motivational speaker now. He tours around colleges and tells people how to "don't stop livin' in the red" I guess.
i had a wonderful evening partying in the presidential sweet in the tallest hotel in toledo with covert operations and some of boogie matrix. it was a magical evening. and the view of toledo is much more impressive then i thought from up there. i almost enjoyed t-town that night. lucy helped.
john mullins from ekoostik hookah wanted my friend and we ended up back at his camp smoking great herb and listening to miles davis. it was fun. later that night mullins came to our site and slapped a kid for wearing his hat sideways. the kid was like "what the quack?" and mullins said "im john mullins, its what i do. wear your hat right." it was odd. and then his lucy kicked in and he freeked out and couldnt be around our insanity anymore so he was assisted back to his camp.... ahh good fun. its nice to know we rage hard enough to freek out muffins! (btw- hes pretty much a dick, dosent get what "IT" is all about.)
on another hookah note we smoked down ed mcgee and johnny polanski at a one under show. they are both fun people and get what "IT" is all about.
i delivered pizza to bush and no doubt.
and some of the greatest nights of my life have been sitting around campfires at the ledges for jam sessions with the recipe, burning river band, and waterband.
and i met michael franti real briefly at all good after his acoustic show on the ropeadope stage.
i cant remember who it was but someone on inforoo met phil (i think it was phil) and he handed his camera to a dude to take a pic of him with phil. and he then later found out that it was warren haynes he had take the pic. that was a good one.
oh and at hookahville the oakhurst guys were out of their minds. racing around in golf a cart actually playing an acoustic show out of a moving golf cart. upright bass and all. it was an crazy scene. they even had a tank on the back. those dudes are INSANE!!!!
damnit forgot another one. i walked by luther dickinson at the vibes with a roo shirt on. he stopped me and asked me how roo was. that dude LOVES roo. he got excited just talking about it.
and at the vibes we were asked to help setup wavy gravys little shrine stage thing. it wa kinda cool to meet him. althoguh listening to him ramble for hours gets old quick.
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I met John Roderick from The Long Winters (not a big band, but one of my favorites) when he was standing in the back of the club after their show. He was a really cool guy.
Also, I don't know if this counts as a music hero, but I met David Cross when he was playing Guitar Hero at Bonnaroo last year and got my picture with him.
i saw Nadasurf at the bottletree in birmingham, great venue
one music hero i've met and talked with is Dax Riggs, he was in deadboy and the elephantmen at the time, playing in a small venue in biloxi, ms
they played a great show and he stayed around for a little while, i smoked a cig with him talking about bands like the mars volta (back when they had just released deloused in the commatorium) and the white stripes
kind of funny how dax looks a lot like jack (if you don't know dax riggs, he used to sing for the bands acid bath and agents of oblivion but is now touring under his own name)
probably a lesser known singer (joey culver) to a Wind up records band Atomship hit on my girlfriend at a show in biloxi after they were signed but before they recorded their first album on wind-up
i've ran into him two more times, once at a local walmart, and again after the band broke up at the showing for 300 at a local theater
it was funny cause he was with a girl i graduated with the last time i ran into him...
but i've always disliked the guy because, the guy who wrote all of atomship's music was a friend of mine, he was their original singer when they were called watership down... he (derek pardoe) had a contract with wind up to write 70% of their 2nd album as well... but atomship broke up when joey refused to do the songs derek wrote... wind-up dropped the guys and the rest of the members have recently gotten back together with derek and now call themselves atomship down...
anyways, if you remember atomship from 2003-2004 then check out the original lineup that are back together www.myspace.com/atomshipdown
Post by thefoolonthehill on May 4, 2008 20:04:27 GMT -5
having lived in nashville for 25 years its hard not to see/meet your idols with that said i have: seen: van morrison shopping johnny cash shopping jack white eating robert plant shopping multiple times i try not to bother them much seeing as they aren't at a venue and they are just trying to live normal lives shopping or eating. but being a stage hand and seeing them backstage is a whole nother ball game met and probably bothered: wayne coyne john paul jones les claypool galactic and many more i'm ashamed i have forgot
no cool stories to add except i got my picture taken with john paul jones while i was sitting in the road case that traveled around with him forever
Post by wizardofwonder on May 5, 2008 7:41:00 GMT -5
Here is a partial list of some of the people who signed one of my guitars, and a few pics of the guitar.
Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Bowie, Carl Perkins, Jeff Beck, Dizzy Gillespie, Lou Reed, Sting, Bill Monroe, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Al Di Meola, Chuck Berry, Roger McGuinn, Les Claypool, Peter Frampton, Doc Watson, B.B. King, Billy Joel, Joe Walsh, John Prine, Adrian Belew, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, Leon Russell, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Neil Young, Todd Rundgren, Timothy Leary, Don Henley, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, George Clinton, Johnny Rivers, Iggy Pop, Albert King, David Byrne, Charlie Daniels, Edger Winter, Johnny Winter, John Denver, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Jack Cassidy, Phil Lesh, Dave Mason, Elvin Bishop, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, Trey Gunn, Don Was, KoKo Taylor, Eric Burdon, Arlo Guthrie, Bo Diddly, Mick Ronson, Dick Dale, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Roy Clark, Dick Clark, Joan Baez, Rick Derringer, Mick Taylor, Stanley Jordan, Wavy Gravy, Leo Kottke, Ian Hunter, Kris Kristofferson, Michelle Shocked, Jeff Healey, John Hiatt, Chick Corea, Melissa Etheridge, Ken Kesey, Shawn Phillips, Junior Wells, Hamish Stuart, Buddy Defranco, Robbie McIntosh, Kenny Aronoff, Laurie Anderson, David Wilcox, Steve Morse, T M Stevens, Johnny Otis, Willie Chambers, George Chambers, Tyrone Downie, Richard Thompson, Christopher Robinson, Rich Robinson, Ted Neeley, Duff McKagan, Mike Houser, Todd Nance, Dave Schools, Chris Gage, Jon Paris, Scott Holt, Rodney Lay, Michael Hodges, Schuyler Deale, Larry Crane, Crystal Taliefero, Chris Whiten, Vince Herman, Mark Vann, Drew Emmitt, Damon Duewhit, Douglas Phelps, Richard Young, Little John Crisley, Liberty DiVito, Scott Thurston, Brent Midland, Dumpy Rice...
I was in 5th grade and my daddy took me to my first rolling stones concert and he found out where they were staying and keith richards came out and i was like 7 ft away from him oh and my dad met gene simmons last summer and gave him his keith richards ring
I met Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers after a small show at Louisiana Tech. They stayed outside of their tourbus for a long time talking and signing autographs.
I met Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers after a small show at Louisiana Tech. They stayed outside of their tourbus for a long time talking and signing autographs.
I met Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers after a small show at Louisiana Tech. They stayed outside of their tourbus for a long time talking and signing autographs.
was he nice?
Yeah, he was nice and really, really good looking. He seemed a little bit shy but the other guys were really rambunctious and outgoing.
Here is a partial list of some of the people who signed one of my guitars, and a few pics of the guitar.
Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Bowie, Carl Perkins, Jeff Beck, Dizzy Gillespie, Lou Reed, Sting, Bill Monroe, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Al Di Meola, Chuck Berry, Roger McGuinn, Les Claypool, Peter Frampton, Doc Watson, B.B. King, Billy Joel, Joe Walsh, John Prine, Adrian Belew, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, Leon Russell, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Neil Young, Todd Rundgren, Timothy Leary, Don Henley, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, George Clinton, Johnny Rivers, Iggy Pop, Albert King, David Byrne, Charlie Daniels, Edger Winter, Johnny Winter, John Denver, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Jack Cassidy, Phil Lesh, Dave Mason, Elvin Bishop, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, Trey Gunn, Don Was, KoKo Taylor, Eric Burdon, Arlo Guthrie, Bo Diddly, Mick Ronson, weiner Dale, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Roy Clark, weiner Clark, Joan Baez, Rick Derringer, Mick Taylor, Stanley Jordan, Wavy Gravy, Leo Kottke, Ian Hunter, Kris Kristofferson, Michelle Shocked, Jeff Healey, John Hiatt, Chick Corea, Melissa Etheridge, Ken Kesey, Shawn Phillips, Junior Wells, Hamish Stuart, Buddy Defranco, Robbie McIntosh, Kenny Aronoff, Laurie Anderson, David Wilcox, Steve Morse, T M Stevens, Johnny Otis, Willie Chambers, George Chambers, Tyrone Downie, Richard Thompson, Christopher Robinson, Rich Robinson, Ted Neeley, Duff McKagan, Mike Houser, Todd Nance, Dave Schools, Chris Gage, Jon Paris, Scott Holt, Rodney Lay, Michael Hodges, Schuyler Deale, Larry Crane, Crystal Taliefero, Chris Whiten, Vince Herman, Mark Vann, Drew Emmitt, Damon Duewhit, Douglas Phelps, Richard Young, Little John Crisley, Liberty DiVito, Scott Thurston, Brent Midland, Dumpy Rice...
I've met Mike Patton on several occasions. Met Slug and Ant last Friday at emos. Met Tommy Shannon at a little restaurant around the corner from my house. Got to meet GWAR once-Dave Brockie Twice. Got to meet John Stanier after the Battles show at emos last summer. Met Page Hamilton at SXSW. I've met all the guys from Clutch on numerous occasions. Ran across Billy Gibbons at Antone's one night. Thats all I can think of right now.