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One Fela Kuti was in my room smoking a bigg spliff with me,. i workes in a percussion shop selling african drums. That night i joined him with shekere on stage.. ill never forget - i have another great story too :-)
I avoid famous people like the plague!
waited 2 hours with minus 2 degrees for odesza but it was totally worth it, still got the picture and the setlist
I've had several meetings with favorite musicians including Adrian Belew, Andy Summers, Chick Corea, and Philip Glass. In most of these cases I was much younger and looking back on them now am just glad I didn't myself too much! A friend and I chatted with Adrian for a while at a concert he gave at the Cincinnati Zoo with his band The Bears. I met Chick Corea backstage at a concert he gave with his electric band in Lexington and we talked a little about his musical gear.
We met Op Shop at a concert once. We'd won a competition through a local radio station to sit in a VIP area near the stage that had a sofa with a built in chilly bin stuffed with booze (that we got to keep). It pissed down with rain throughout the whole show and by the time we went backstage to meet them we were royally hammered and not great company. They played it cool though and were nice guys...
Was at a workshop with Mike Stern. After the Workshop he did a set. While that some snacks where set up. As his set ended i went for the bar, grabbed a beer and feasted on the snacks. Then Mr. Stern came around, and was a little baffled. Why? The foods were ment for him and the Band. He didn't even beat me up for that😉Indeed we had a nice little chat at the bar. What a nice guy, and terrific musician👍
I met Jeffrey Lewis and he seemed to be more interested in talking to a pretty girl. Can't really blame him. I also met Thurston Moore and I just played it dead cool; "alrite Thurston, how's it goin? ".
Sonny Landreth. Got to play with him and he is on my bands last CD. The song is "Playin' To Live". Can be heard on my page.
I dream about it, drink a beer with Zakk and Ozzy, hear some stories, tell them how much i love them, put some pills inside a new beer, sleep them and take them to my house... dreams...
I once had the chance to meet Dr. John back stage, got a beautiful advice from him: Hold on to your luck, when it comes by!