That's hilarious... they left out Keith Richards mumbling!
About 15 years ago, my brother and I waited for Tom W. to leave a concert hall so we could thank him for coming to town, and maybe get his autograph...
He looked at us and laughed, and took us both to dinner in old Seattle!!!! I was so star-struck that I was totally tongue - tied. My brother and he had a pretty good visit though. An amazing evening though! LOL
"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger." Frank Lloyd Wright
Man, that's awesome! I would give anything for something like that to happen to me! Then again, I wouldn't know what the hell to say to him and probably just end-up pissing him off!
....Dinner with Tom Waits. Unbelievable. :-O
Some friends of mine are living in Vancouver for a while and a couple of weeks ago, Jill was sitting in a nice cafe in town and was asked if she would shared her table with a friendly couple that couldn't find anywhere to sit.
She sat and had a bit of lunch with them, talking about this and that. Then just before they got up to leave they thanked her and introduced themselves as wait for it...
"Diana and Elvis". (as in Krall and Costello)
Why does this never happen to me...?...
Oh, I know, it's 'cos I live in friggin' Brisbane! There's no-one famous here!
Problems worthy of attack, prove their worth, by hitting back. -Piet Hein.
Yeah I felt like a dork, and was nervous as hell. Tom was totally cool though, funny as hell too. An amazing artist.
Met Christ Novaselic (Nirvana's Bassist) once, right after Teen Spirit was released... We were sitting in the waiting room of a muffler repair shop waiting for our cars to get repaired... He (at the time) drove a totally beat to crap 65 Ford Pick-Up!
I blurted out my admiration for the album to him, and he without looking up from his magazine said, "uh,thanks!"
That was it.
"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger." Frank Lloyd Wright
I did once meet Chubby Checker on a flight once. He was travelling around with his entourage, doing smallish shows at Leagues Clubs and the like.
He was really cool. I asked him for an autograph to be made out to my old man. He said "Sure, what's his name?" I told him and he then said "What's your name?", I said "Rob, but just make it out to him". He said nothing and continued to write. He folded the piece of paper in half and handed it back to me. We continued to chat for a while, then I went back to work (I was the Purser on the flight).
It wasn't until I got back there that I read what he wrote. It said,
"Hi Dennis,
Rob loves you very much!
All the best,
Chubby Checker... ...Oh Yeah!"
I thought that was awesome. So different to the usual things that people write. He watched me read it and gave me a big grin and an wink when I looked back at him.
Problems worthy of attack, prove their worth, by hitting back. -Piet Hein.
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