have you met your music idols?& say anything stupid?

[machine]

1#
I met Steve Vai (on the VAI tour with Devond Townsend) at the towerrecords signing in London and asked him "if he was going to the guitar show?".....i felt like a right muppet! :roll:

I had only being queueing all afternoon...and that was the best i could do?

2#
I met Richie Kotzen Last year at the London guitar show and then realised i had accidentally pushed in the queue (didn't mean too :roll: ) to be honest he's an amazing guitarist but he didn't care for signing his pictures......(never meet your idols ...as they say!)

3#
I was playing guitar at the London guitar show (first time i went) and Bruce Dickenson (Iron Maiden) was stood behind me having a chat...cool!

#4
The guitarist from "little angels" (remember them?) Bruce John Dickenson tuned up my guitar before a gig(red Ibanez rg550-560..steve vai style red with green pickups and knobs) and said "he had one like mine and it didnt need tuning!" :wink:

#5
Brian May walked passed me at a comedy show in London..called "Bottom Live"
(as if you could miss the hair!...it was HUGE!!)

That's it music wise...though i did meet (dont laugh) Margaret Thatcher,The Queen,..i met Harrison Ford on the set of "indiana jones-and the temple of doom!" whilst they where filming in Sri lanka!(the bit with the rope bridge)...and i openened the door for "gweneth Paltrow " coming out of Starbucks in Notting Hill last year!


Have a nice weeK! the sun is out i England finally!!!

[I_b_a_n_e_z_e_r]

My friend and I went to a Vinnie Moore show (Shotgun Messiah opened for him) and we went to the back of the club to try and get an autograph or something. A bouncer met us at the door and asked what the hell we were doing. We asked if Vinnie was in there (duh??) and if he had any picks we could have so he comes to the back door and hands us a couple of picks. It was cool, but I felt pretty stupid.

[scott powell]

I have met Jeff Beck,Carlos Santanna, Jennifer Batten, Pino Paladino,and got Ritchie Blackmore's autograph....from the audience :D

Carlos was pretty weird,i asked him how he has gotten such GOOD tone ,and he went all 'the moon and sun talk to each other,and a flower opens in my heart and my fingers help it grow' ..................i was ummmmmmmm hum! ok then =)

Jeff was cool, a VERY humble man. Jennifer Batten is very sweet,she shot backstage footage on a camcorder and later sent me a tape of it.she also answered all of my Michael Jackson Questions.

We opened for Sammy Kershaw about two years ago,and i found it amusing he uses a teleprompter onstage. He was pretty cool,his band HATED him tho hahaahah. His tour manger was 2 seats away from where my wife was sitting,and my wife said very louldly "waht does he sing? i really dont know him" that earned her a withering glare haahahaha

My brother in law lives in Miami.amd we were going to the Liquor store at 3 am and Yngwie almost ran over us in his ferrari. he told us to 'get out of the F$%^in way! i flipped him off :D he has a HUGE mansion in Miami. what a bozo lol

[sleekfox]

i met metallica at a meet n greet thing at the download festival last time they played in scotland, and yes i made a complete tit of myself...

i was a huuuuuuuge metallica fan at the time and was just a little over excited about the whole thing. When eventually james hetfield appeared before me i couldnt help but ramble on like a loved up schoolgirl... after about 30 seconds of intense one sided chat i noticed a look of fear and confusion on his face. In my blind panic i couldnt think clearly enough to come up with a face saving exit strategy... so instead i asked him (in a voice teetering on the edge of insanity), "Doood! Can i see ure haaands!!!???"

Why lorrrrd!! why!!!???

The burly security guard that had been watching me closely for signs of a concealed weapon took a step forward, he wasnt taking any chances... anyway it all ended rather innocently and he gave me a few picks to subdue me... after that i wasnt really fazed by the other band members (chatted to lars about scottish accents which he was supposedly fascinated by), although i never got up the courage to tell them what i thought of st anger... maybe next time ehh

[ESPdude]

I met Peter Frampton and he signed my ticket from the show I saw him at. I don't really think I said anything to him though....

[Les_Is_More]

OMG!!! ive had this on my mind for everrrrr. I was 10 years old and i got special tickets to a NY Knicks basketball game. I happened to love Jay-Z since i loved rap at the time. So his catch phrase at the time was "Izzah" and i was madddd wiggerish(white acting black) so im standing next to him, as a scrawney little white kid in glasses, cheap knicks jersey, and im like, "excuse me, mr Z, i love your stuff!" and hes like, all nice," thanks kid!" i felt like a ******* idiot to tmy at-the-time idol!

[rockD]

I met Zack Wylde at Walmart. :holymoly: My stomach got a huge knot and all I can say was 'Hey Zack, do you shop here?' He just smiled and said have good day brother. I'll never forgive myself. :hammer:

[jay.dot]

I haven't met any of my idols, but I if I did I'm sure I'd be the articulate genius that I always am :D.

[NinjaBoat]

When I met Mike Gordon of Phish i actually asked him "are you Mike gordon?" and he said "well i guess I am"

Felt like an idiot, nice guy, though.

[GuitarGuy]

I met Zack Wylde at Walmart. :holymoly: My stomach got a huge knot and all I can say was 'Hey Zack, do you shop here?' He just smiled and said have good day brother. I'll never forgive myself. :hammer:

That's great :D I hope to meet Tom Morello sometime :(

[Sixstring]

I've met lots of my sports heroes: Julius Erving being the jewel in that crown.

Music-wise, I've met and talked with Vai, Stanley Jordan and Aerosmith. Not a lot of people are familiar with Glenn Kaiser, but I had him and the band over to my house for a BBQ. I've met lots of others but those are the ones I spent time actually talking with. Very cool. Too bad talent doesn't rub off. ;)

[stevieboy378]

I've only had the good fortune to meet a few of my idols . . .

Malmsteen - could hardly get a word in edgewise, but when I did manage to ask him a few questions he was polite and knowledgeable. His ego was immense though, he very much put on a big "rock star" front . . . Luckily, he didn't unleash his "F****ng Fury" on me :)
Lemmy - a really great guy - very generous with his beers, too !
Ozzy - comes from my part of the world, and slipped into his Brummie accent as soon as he heard me and my mates speak. A fantastic guy. A lot shorter than I thought he'd be . .

[dontpoll]

I met Todd Rundgren last year, barely. He was in a rush to soundcheck, but he was nice enough to pose for a picture and everything.

[KujaSE]

I met Dallas Green at a club in Hamilton when he was scoping some potential signee's. Just told him I was a big fan of the band and shoo his hand. We got a picture taken with him ;) Seems like quite a nice guy.
-Mike

[Lazero]

Malmsteen - could hardly get a word in edgewise, but when I did manage to ask him a few questions he was polite and knowledgeable. His ego was immense though, he very much put on a big "rock star" front . . . Luckily, he didn't unleash his "F****ng Fury" on me :)



that made me crack up so much.

[KeithB]

Most of my idols are dead.
The closest I ever got was when I visited Jim Morrison's grave in Paris, France. I didn't say anything though. There were a bunch of weeping hippies standing around with candles and stuff. It was kind of silly.
I did meet Timothy Leary, and talked to him on the phone another time, but didn't say anything dumb. Other than that, no, I haven't met any of my idols, musical or otherwise.

[ScottRiley]

I met Paul Gilbert, just said Hi, got a couple of signed posters and a pick and then got lost in a mass of bodies.

[mk-ultra]

Most of my idols are dead.
The closest I ever got was when I visited Jim Morrison's grave in Paris, France. I didn't say anything though. There were a bunch of weeping hippies standing around with candles and stuff. It was kind of silly.
I did meet Timothy Leary, and talked to him on the phone another time, but didn't say anything dumb. Other than that, no, I haven't met any of my idols, musical or otherwise.


what were you doing on the phone with him? i would love to know

[KeithB]

what were you doing on the phone with him? i would love to know

I was talking to him about visiting/speaking with a group I was in at the time, next time he was in Seattle. No big whoop.

[Vash03]

yeah most of mine are too =\. I met the local guitar idol he speaks with a really redneck accent but he plays metal like a mofo lol it was pretty funny.

[BMG_SKULK]

I have not met my biggest influences...no.

The closest I have got is having Tony MacAlpine reply to 2-3 threads of mine in
his forums.

George Lynch e-mailed me once...mainly because I should have sent the e-mail to
his webmaster and not him. :lol:

Oh yeah....I did meet and hang out with Pantera during their "Projects in the Jungle Days".

I would love to meet T-Mac...Lynch...Malmsteen...Joe Satriani...

[ViOLATiON]

Never met or even seen someone famous!

[metalmachine]

I met Steve Morse at a local music store and got to play his blue EB guitar that's seen in most of his pics, I also met Dave Larue who was with him. Morse was the nicest person, He was just like one of the guys but happened to be a guitar god. I met Neal Zaza he's cool but almost seems shy, I talked with him for about 30 min's about his style. I'd heard of him but had never heard him before then. I've talked to the Matt and Jose of ESP and asked him why they didn't make their 7 strings avaliable with 707's. Oh and I used to ride 4 wheelers with one of the guys in Juggernaught.

[lyleman]

I just did the dumbest thing of my life tonight - took my 17 y.o. daughter to see Peter Cetera concert. She was hoping to get her picture with him...no such luck. Well, in the same building there is a larger venue (5000 seats) and the Black-Eyed Peas (a hiphop group) were also playing.

So here's where it gets bad - after waiting for Peter Cetera like an hour, we decide to go to the hotel lobby. There were a bunch of people milling around waiting for who knows what, when in stroll two members from the Black-Eyed Peas...no security guards, nothing. My daughter get's the nerve up to ask one of the guys if she can get her picture taken - he's like no problem. So I go to take a picture and push the wrong button - no flash - push it again..thought it worked. So he left. Then I realized that all I was doing is turning the camera on and off. Soooo..no picture.

Tonight, I hereby take title as the biggest moron on the face of the earth!!!

(My daughter was disappointed but didn't make me feel too guilty)

[GuitarownzU]

There is a guy that does free porn on tv around here and smokes pot on tv...i met him!!! but he was at HempFest and wasnt wearing anyshoes...i went up and said we should smoke pot together...he asked if i had any....to my dismay i had none. (i dont even smoke pot)

[rockD]

So I go to take a picture and push the wrong button - no flash - push it again..thought it worked. So he left. Then I realized that all I was doing is turning the camera on and off. Soooo..no picture.

Tonight, I hereby take title as the biggest moron on the face of the earth!!!

QUOTE]

:lmao: That's a classic.

[0.1 watts]

I met the keyboard player and bassist from Styx as an aftershow guest. The keyboard player is such a nice guy, and we just talked about Bristol and how much he likes this place (this was the first time they had revisited bristol in 7 years). I was a bit starstruck but held out a normal conversation with him.

[haganator]

I was like two feet away from Yngwie last night...but i didnt get to meet him. I did however get to meet Michael angelo

[Lazy Bee]

I met Waylon Jennings in Vegas one year. This little country band I was in at the time was playin a lounge at Saharas. Waylons bus driver took me backstage to meet him, he was doing the big room. We went by all these people standing in line for a meet and greet. There's Waylon, the driver, and me all alone in his dressing room. He shakes my hand and he has a brace on. I said "what's that?" He says "I've got carpel tunnel, gotta wear it before every show" I said "my moms a big fan."

There's a room full of people including boxing celebs and Vegas entertainers waiting to meet him and I say "My mom's a big fan".....DOH!! He invitied me to hang in the wings for the show. During the show he gave me a huge smile. It was great!! What a stud.

Rob Halford used to set in with us in Pheonix, he hit on me once. I dont remember saying anything...I just kinda went blank. :rolleyD:

[scott powell]

I met Waylon Jennings in Vegas one year. This little country band I was in at the time was playin a lounge at Saharas. Waylons bus driver took me backstage to meet him, he was doing the big room. We went by all these people standing in line for a meet and greet. There's Waylon, the driver, and me all alone in his dressing room. He shakes my hand and he has a brace on. I said "what's that?" He says "I've got carpel tunnel, gotta wear it before every show" I said "my moms a big fan."

There's a room full of people including boxing celebs and Vegas entertainers waiting to meet him and I say "My mom's a big fan".....DOH!! He invitied me to hang in the wings for the show. During the show he gave me a huge smile. It was great!! What a stud.

Rob Halford used to set in with us in Pheonix, he hit on me once. I dont remember saying anything...I just kinda went blank. :rolleyD:



Great story! and take it as a compliment if a gay man hits on you, they usually have better taste than us straight guys

[Jay..]

i got the autograph of the white snake guitarist.

[Nameless]

i got the autograph of the white snake guitarist.
but you don't know his name :D ? BTW...his name is John Skyes.

[scott powell]

but you don't know his name :D ? BTW...his name is John Skyes.

might not be, Steve Vai,Vivian Cambell, Adrian Vandenberg,Warren Dimartini,and Doug Aldrich have also played guitar in Whitesnake,with Doug Aldrich being the current guitarist

[Nameless]

Oh my bad lol. All I know is that on the CDs I have it says John Skyes.

[scott powell]

Oh my bad lol. All I know is that on the CDs I have it says John Skyes.


he was, in my MOST humble of opinons, the best guiatrist in WS, he wrote thier most memorable riffs,but got fired right before they were HUGE

[stevieboy378]

might not be, Steve Vai,Vivian Cambell, Adrian Vandenberg,Warren Dimartini,and Doug Aldrich have also played guitar in Whitesnake,with Doug Aldrich being the current guitarist

Don't forget Bernie Marsden, Mel Galley and Micky Moody . . . .

[scott powell]

Don't forget Bernie Marsden, Mel Galley and Micky Moody . . . .


lol Whitesnake had more people in and out of the group than Rainbow did

[ViOLATiON]

Met Vinnie Paul in Ottawa last week! Got 2 autographs too.

[Plain G]

Met Billy Gibbons at my work last year when they were here (Kelowna Canada) I said Billy Gibbons right? he nodded I said can I shake your hand? he nodded we shook I said pleased to meet you he said in a southern drawl I'm very pleased to meet you. Had two tough guys with him and what appeared to be his lady (hot). The security boys got it on video from the ceiling cams. He had his African cap thing on and a simple black suit jacket and pants with some cool shirt and I think a Bolo deal around his neck. I went home and played ZZ that night! Without washing my hand first.

[fastvfr]

Though I wouldn't say he's an idol of mine or anything, it's hard to deny that Alice Cooper is a true classic.

He played here at the county fair a few weeks ago, but I didn't make it to his show.

10,000+ others did, however, and I guess the crowd scene was a real mess. The entire fair often has only 15,000 people per day--and NOT all at once! I heard the shuttle buses were backed up for hours.

But I would have gone if I could have gotten backstage passes, just so we could meet him and say, "We're Not Worthy!!! We're Not Worthy!!!"

Didn't happen, though. *sigh*

[stratman50th]

I went home and played ZZ that night! Without washing my hand first.
Did it help?

[ledtom]

Met Billy Gibbons at my work last year when they were here (Kelowna Canada) I said Billy Gibbons right? he nodded I said can I shake your hand? he nodded we shook I said pleased to meet you he said in a southern drawl I'm very pleased to meet you. Had two tough guys with him and what appeared to be his lady (hot). The security boys got it on video from the ceiling cams. He had his African cap thing on and a simple black suit jacket and pants with some cool shirt and I think a Bolo deal around his neck. I went home and played ZZ that night! Without washing my hand first.
I used to live in Kamloops and have been to Kelowna lots. Too bad you didn't see me I would have let you shake my hand(jk.....(not about shaking my hand lol)).



(pst, I've seen the OGOPOGO.......don't tell) :cool:

[Voltimus]

Oh yeah....I did meet and hang out with Pantera during their "Projects in the Jungle Days".

Hey, me too...

A friend of mine in my unit in the military was their ex-roadie from Texas (Marty Griffith was his name) anyway, he'd bought a guitar from Darrel awhile back...So, I had recently bought a guitar and was learning the basics in our barracks with Marty, well, Pantera comes to town and Marty says, "hey, you want to meet them?" I told him "hell yeah!"

So, they were doing a show at Virginia beaches "Peppermint Beach Club" for their Cowboys From Hell album...it was a great show, and afterwards, Marty walks up to their manager and says "what's Darrel up to"...the manager says, waiting for you guys...So, we go hang out in their tour bus with them and Darrel says "You want to hear the next album?" and I was pretty amped and said again "hellyeah!" to which they played "Mouth for War", I told Darrel it sounded awesome and he asked me how long I'd been playing, I told him a couple of months and he said, "you want to learn how to play that song?" I, once again, replied "hell yeah!" so, he tells me he'll stop by our barracks the next day and we'll have a jam with Marty and another friend of ours..and he taught me "mouth for war" and we jammed Metallica and Black Sabbath tunes all day long with 4 of us playing guitar....then we got drunk...

Darrel was an awesome, down to earth guy....

[Livetorock]

Lukess from Acid Eyeliner...He's friends with my brother....Tyson (drummer) from copper hat....He's my brother.

[tdu]

I ate Souvlaki with J. from White Zombie. That went smooth.

However when I met the guitar from New Bomb Turks (not a huge band, but a fav of mine) I was hammered and spilt beer on him and just totally offended him with everything I said.

[Semi-Hollowbody]

Not quite...I met the kid who played Zack in "school of rock"...he was in a guitar center with his band, his new cd, and giving out autographed posters of his band.
My sister's boyfriend's son loves that movie so I walked up (no line) and asked for an autograph.., he asked "buy a cd???" I said "no...the autograph is for my future nephew..." then feeling like I insulted him I said "I loved the movie though...it was 'cute'" (i did actually love the movie)
he rolled his eyes and signed the autographed poster...which I left sitting on top of a vox ac30...

turns out my future nephew had the cd and I listened to it...no wonder they had to hawk it at a GC!!

[Jay..]

id cry if i met john fruciante....

[Jay..]

Don't forget Bernie Marsden, Mel Galley and Micky Moody . . . .



Bernie masden it was.

|IT was funny he was playing with people from the crowd and after he was finishing my dad borrowed a pen from a random stall, i rushed to the from and was like "can... i please have your autograph."

[Nameless]

Not quite...I met the kid who played Zack in "school of rock"...he was in a guitar center with his band, his new cd, and giving out autographed posters of his band.
My sister's boyfriend's son loves that movie so I walked up (no line) and asked for an autograph.., he asked "buy a cd???" I said "no...the autograph is for my future nephew..." then feeling like I insulted him I said "I loved the movie though...it was 'cute'" (i did actually love the movie)
he rolled his eyes and signed the autographed poster...which I left sitting on top of a vox ac30...

turns out my future nephew had the cd and I listened to it...no wonder they had to hawk it at a GC!!
lol I hate that kid. Hes emo. Well probably not really, but hes really pale.

[Peeb]

Bumped into Brian Setzer (stray cats) at an airport many years ago.
Think I said something incredibly lame like: "Rockabilly rules, man".

Just shoot me now.

[Nameless]

I met Marty Friedman at a sushi bar in Santa Barbara. We basically just talked about his stuff in Megadeth and Caucophony and then guitars.

[Semi-Hollowbody]

I dont know why he is consiidered a virtuoso...sounds like any other over-processed emo rock to me...

And his band was kind of cocky...like they had a golden egg or something...

[Violist]

If i met my idols, the first thing I would do is check my pulse. cause they're in general all several feet under. Then i'd look in a mirror and check my pupils to make sure i don't have ridiculously huge puppy dog eyes from whatever I may come into contact with...


It'd be funny though...

[Veritas]

Rob Halford used to set in with us in Pheonix, he hit on me once. I dont remember saying anything...I just kinda went blank. :rolleyD:

Man, you just confirmed a suspicion of mine. I knew a cat in the Navy who used to talk about his "days in Phoenix." He used to play in a band and kick it with Motley, Poison and other hair bands. This was in the 80's. Most important, he talked about hanging with Rob Halford in Phoenix and so on...I used to think he was full of poo because he really wasn't really all there mentally. BUT NOW...I believe him!

[Veritas]

Hmmm...

So, I met Lee Greenwood...He's full on METAL! Got his sig and all. Nice guy. I was only 11 so I said, "Do you love America?"

He's the cat who wrote "I'm proud to be an American." It's a pretty famous patriotic song here in the states. Duh, no, I hate America. i only want it's money...

[daniel2001]

I was once playing a lovely Gibson Les Paul Standard in a guitar shop.

I was attempting to play Black Dog, by the mighty Led Zep. Who should walk into the shop just as I totally muff the whole thing up....... Jimmy Page.

Said hello to him and he asked if he could try the guitar, played it for a couple of minutes, handed it back to me and asked me how long I'd been playing for and then said "Well play something then". Keep in mind that Page is the main reason I picked up the guitar in the first place AND I had only been playing for less than 6 months, so I wasn't very good.

It was kinda cool, but kinda embaressing at the same time.


scott powell, where did you meet Pino Palladino? After one guitar lesson, he turned up at my tutors house to jam with him, seemed like a nice guy.

[John The Wolf]

meeting page in a music store as you're playing is riff is the coolest thing that could happen!
you're the luckiest dude!

[scott powell]

I was once playing a lovely Gibson Les Paul Standard in a guitar shop.

I was attempting to play Black Dog, by the mighty Led Zep. Who should walk into the shop just as I totally muff the whole thing up....... Jimmy Page.

Said hello to him and he asked if he could try the guitar, played it for a couple of minutes, handed it back to me and asked me how long I'd been playing for and then said "Well play something then". Keep in mind that Page is the main reason I picked up the guitar in the first place AND I had only been playing for less than 6 months, so I wasn't very good.

It was kinda cool, but kinda embaressing at the same time.


scott powell, where did you meet Pino Palladino? After one guitar lesson, he turned up at my tutors house to jam with him, seemed like a nice guy.


Pino was touring as Jeff Beck's bassist in 1995( Beck was on tour,sharing the bill with Carlos Santanna) and i met him backstage. he is a TALL dude, very nice.

[daniel2001]

I walked into Trip Eizen (SP) once, although back then I had no clue as to who in the heck he was.

[SLO Cowboy]

Once I accidentally spilled my drink on Angus Young at a concert and he pinched my nose.

[Jay..]

Today i am meeting tool's bassist, watch me screw it up.

[Frethead]

id cry if i met john frusciante....
me too

unfortunately the closest im gonna get is going to the rhcp pepper concert here in aus next april, man i cant wait, s'gonna be awesome, maybe il get lucky and by some mere twist of fate il run into him before the concert or something, i wouldnt know *** to say... i think id probably hug him and say something gay like "i love you"

[Robot_Boy]

Today i am meeting tool's bassist, watch me screw it up.


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[HellaHankIII]

3 of my brothers & my niece & I had aftershow passes for Tool on their Lateralus tour. Everybody with passes was herded into a room where we waited & waited & waited. After about 3hours about 90 percent of the people had left and we did too. Pretty disappointing but the show was spectacular.
One of my brothers did get to meet Ted Nugent at an airport in Michigan and told him he wondered what such a hot lady was doing with a guy like that til he realized who the guy was. Ted just laughed.

[glee]

Me and 20 other guys rode our Harley’s to Nashville for vacation; well most of them were older guys, but 2 others, and I.
The older guys went to the grand old opreys, we didn’t want to go to that, so we just rode around we get to a Harley dealership and one guy says there is Travis Tritt so we mossy on up to him, he had about 10 guys with him and we all say hi shake hands he ask where we are from we tell him, and tell him about how our other group went to the Grand old Oprey and we didn’t want to go, we were looking for something to get into, he ask if we want to ride with him that he thought he could show us a good time, we ride for about a 1/2 hour get to Titan stadium (the first year it was built I think).

We ride up and this mob of people comes running up to the guardrail screaming and yelling (it was kind of scary). Well I have bored you long enough any way he took us to one of his consorts,
It was a farm aid concerts, we saw him, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Willie Nelson, and a few others I never heard of. I was into hard rock then, but liked older country like Waylon and Willie. I didn’t even know what Travis looked like. I didn’t say anything stupid and he wasn't an idol of mine but was a neat experience and I thank Mr. Tritt for that.

Oh I did get my picture taken with me on my bike and the Tennessee titan cheerleaders around me but my buddy had a camera with 50-year-old film in it and none of the pictures turned out.

[Guru420]

id cry if i met john fruciante....

Funny you say that, I just met him a while back after a show in TO. He is such a good guy, really shy though until you mention his solo work, here's a sample of the convo:

Me: Hey, Mr. Frusciante!

J : Hello, how are you?

Me : Good man! Great show, you don't know how much we all love you guys.

J: Thanks....

Me: .........so, how about that Stadium Arcadium?

J: Yeah........how about it........

Me: ...........hey I just bought your album Inside of Emptiness, what guitar do you use for the solo on Look On?

John then goes into a 15 minute rant about all the guitars he used on that album, working with Omar Rodriguez and such.

didn't even bother asking for his auto.

[Guru420]

Once I accidentally spilled my drink on Angus Young at a concert and he pinched my nose.

.................I don't know what I'd do if Angus Young pinched my nose.

[Robot_Boy]

.................I don't know what I'd do if Angus Young pinched my nose.

id probably wash it as soon as possible. i mean, imagine where that guy puts his hands

[Steve080]

I had a few pints and a chat with Ian Gillian from deep purple a few years back, Just happened to walk into a bar, didnt reconize him, it was the barman that ponted him out after I had put smoke on the water on the juke box!!.

[MortalMadMan]

My parents have met TONS of people (or so they say :rolleye: ), but I beleive them. My dad met Buddy Guy in a bar, and talked with him about music the whole night. They've also met LOTS of other people. The only one I can think of is Flee.

[DLR Guitars]

Not a music idol but I met John Lithgow (SP) from 3rd Rock, Shrek.... in a music store. He was buying strings for his son or something. My buddy who worked at the store and rang him up was on a first name familiar basis with him.

I saw Brian May at a NAMM show. My buddy and I were eating lunch and he walked by.

I'd used to really want to meet Eddie Van Halen, but he's not as friendly as he used to be, or so I've heard.

[tomac62]

my dad shook Hendrix's hand and had backstage Rolling Stoens tickets but forgot them so my mum and dad had to talk their way into the concert. They never met the Stones though.

[Jeb8828]

I got to shake Robert Cray's hand after he opened for Eric Clapton last month. Got two autographs too. Really nice guy.

[Razzy]

Hey, me too...

A friend of mine in my unit in the military was their ex-roadie from Texas (Marty Griffith was his name) anyway, he'd bought a guitar from Darrel awhile back...So, I had recently bought a guitar and was learning the basics in our barracks with Marty, well, Pantera comes to town and Marty says, "hey, you want to meet them?" I told him "hell yeah!"

So, they were doing a show at Virginia beaches "Peppermint Beach Club" for their Cowboys From Hell album...it was a great show, and afterwards, Marty walks up to their manager and says "what's Darrel up to"...the manager says, waiting for you guys...So, we go hang out in their tour bus with them and Darrel says "You want to hear the next album?" and I was pretty amped and said again "hellyeah!" to which they played "Mouth for War", I told Darrel it sounded awesome and he asked me how long I'd been playing, I told him a couple of months and he said, "you want to learn how to play that song?" I, once again, replied "hell yeah!" so, he tells me he'll stop by our barracks the next day and we'll have a jam with Marty and another friend of ours..and he taught me "mouth for war" and we jammed Metallica and Black Sabbath tunes all day long with 4 of us playing guitar....then we got drunk...

Darrel was an awesome, down to earth guy....


That makes me sad. :(
Darrel Abbot is my absolute favorite guitarist of all time, not just because of his skill, but because he was such a "Down to Earth guy." TOo bad I'll never get to meet him :(

[Destinct]

The local music scene is pretty mellow, We meet all the other artists at our gigs and the music festivals.. So yea my local heroes I've met and chat to every now and again no problem, But if Chad Taylor or Edd from Live ever crossed my path , id ***** myself on the spot !!!

[stevieboy378]

I met Jim Marshall at a music show in Birmingham a few years ago - a very softly spoken, courteous, humble man. He's immensely proud of his products, and knows each and every one of them inside out.

[bassplayer]

I met Eric Martin from Mr. Big, and all the members of Rush back in the day on the Presto Tour. Eric was a cool cat as was Alex Lifeson. :)

[manjaganjaman]

I once met Huey Lewis in the Philly airport. Later I was sitting on the plane with the Hooters and found out it was Don Henley I'd met... this was during his short hair and sunglasses period, around 1986.

But the one that always comes to mind first was sitting in a bar in Santa Barbara watching Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan on harmonica and acoustic guitar. In comes some guy that looks kinda like George Thorogood and sits next to me. I turned to my girlfriend and said "Hey look, it's George Thorogood's little brother".
He sez "I AM George Thorogood". I said "Sure you are..."
Then Tom says on stage "Ladies and gentlemen a friend of ours is here and would like to do a few songs, Mr. George Thorogood, come on up". He took the stage and did 3 or 4 George songs.
When he came back down I bought him a beer. Here's a guy that sings about Johnny Walker, Bourbon, scotch, beer, Buddy Weiser etc... "Can I have a Miller Lite, please?" I was shocked!
He was very friendly and seems like a real nice guy.

I do have one picture from a celebrity encounter... in 1991 I sat in on harp with a band called The Rave-On's. The other band on the bill (okay, the main attraction) was Stray Cats. They did and fantastic show and were real friendly to all of us. Here's me and Brian Setzer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/nealdbluesman/setzerme.jpg

[scott powell]

great pics and storires manjag!

[Shadue]

About 10 or 11 years ago, back in my “Bar Scene” years, I had won 2 tickets to the Molson Canadian Blind Date. In a nutshell, about 1000 people from all over Canada were flown into Toronto to see a “?” band.

Pretty kewl experience really, 10 floors of the Hilton, all contest winners, 6 beer on ice in each room upon our arrival, open bar for a few hours before we were bused to the venue, which ended up being the Phoenix Club, with open bar there too, then another 6 beer on ice in each room when we returned. Needless to say… was the best freakin party of my life.

Anyways, to the point, Metallica was the band, and before hand me and the buddy I took along with me decided we would buy a cheap disposable camera to take in… if it got confiscated.. so be it.

So halfway through the night (and pretty blitzed at this point) I find myself at the bar beside the stage with 2 beers in my hand. The bar was literally set on the east end of the stage so you could see through the amps and gear right through to the stage. So in a moment of idiocy (cause there was humongous bouncers all around the stage and more so at this point) I put both beers in one hand, whip out the camera and take a quick snapshot.

Next thing I know, I got this huge bouncer on the other side of the guard rail point at me, and finger gesturing me to come to him. I was like “****”, so I humbly walk over to him and outstretch my hand with the camera to him with my head lowered. Next thing I know, this guy has me under the arms and is hoisting me over the guardrail… leans in and yells “you got 30 seconds!”

Totally shocked, I snap off 2 or 3 snap shots and I guess Kirk Hammett saw the flash, and mid tune turns to me and does a power stance pose while playing. I snapped off 2 more shots, and in flash without really thinking about it, raised 1 of the 2 beer to him, which he quickly snagged, took a gulp and tossed it with a wink and a nod turned and went back to face the crowd.

Not really a flub, but my one and only close contact of the Guitar God Kind. 

[Anzacky]

I met Charlie Watts the drummer for the Stones, he lives here in chelsea some where, seem to see him around alot, when i saw him I ***** a brick and jumped in front of him, he must of thought i was gonna kill him and i was shaking his hand for ages telling him how fantastic the stones are, he was real cool and just kept smiling all the while me jabbering like a mad man.

[LameDeer]

I met Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Phil Lesh, the guys from Moe., Bonnie Rait, Ben Folds, Cypress Hill, Damien Marley, and the Bela Fleck all in the same day at Bonaroo last year. I scored an "artist friend or family" pass from my friend's dad who is an executive of one of the promoting companies. I met Mike Gordon in the artist hang out tent, they had gibson custom shop acoustics sitting out and I was playing one. He came over and started playing along with me, at which point I was like "who is this guy" I started to get a little upset and then I looked at who it was and I fell backwards off the chair. He helped me up and said "thanks for the jam" and then walked away. Later, at the superjam, I got a picture with Phil lesh and Trey walked up. At this point, I was quite high and didn't know what to do. He was obviously high also or on some sort of painkiller, I was wearing a Phish shirt and he said "nice shirt" and then the two of them walked away. Other notable events include not realizing who Ben folds was and getting in the way of him going on stage, riding on a golf cart and giving my seat to Bonnie Rait, asking Damien Marley to smoke with us and him kindly refusing, and Cypress Hill doing the Rerun dance while freestyling at the artist party afterwards. Now I realize all this happened in two days, but it was by far the best two days of my life and i'm sure it will never happen again :(

[doofey]

I haven't met any famous people. But my father told me that he met John Lennon once, at a gas station here in Denmark. The town was called Fjerritslev. I don't remember the story exactly, but I think John was there because of some music school or something. Anyway, my dad had just been inside the shop, and when he walked out, he saw a car with toned windows. He went closer, and saw John Lennon sitting inside, with his wife.

He was so stunned that he just waved and left, haha. :P

I've been a couple of feet away from John Fogerty, but that's it.

[j9fd3s]

closest ive been, is front row @duran duran, simon takes a big swig of water and sprays it all over us. the GF got all excited...

[user42]

My mom saw Trey Anastasio talking on his cell phone while she was biking.
Apparently he lives in the next town over from me.

[manjaganjaman]

My spousal unit and I went to see Fogerty a couple years ago. We were in the second row. He would occassionally toss a pick out into the audience. My wife tried to catch one so he threw to her a few times, but others would dive in and get it.
He actually stopped the music, walked over and handed her a pick personally then went back to playing. Mr Fogerty has been a major influence on me. I learned my earliest blues licks directly from Credence records (they were new at the time). It's nice to know he's a good person too.

[rotteneggz]

one time i saw slash riding his bike down the street and i said what's up and he just smiled at me.

[zeppelinmad]

*sure*

[goldentone]

I got to meet David Gilmour backstage once, but I've written about that here before, so if you want to read the story, you know how to find it!

[Lefty99]

My guitar teacher was telling me this story at a lesson a while back:

It was the late 70's early 80's (i think, it could've been their reunion tour idk), my teacher was out with some friends in downtown Milwaukee, WI, going to a Kiss concert. They went to the show and had a great time. However, my teacher spent a large portion of his money on I guess beer and food. They had backstage passes, so they went in, and my teacher was looking for a local bank's (called Tyme. its a small midwestern bank) ATM, often refered to as a "Tyme station, or Tyme machine". Anyway my teacher, backstage, saw Paul Stanley and Peter Criss, just hanging out. Trying to play it off all cool and not the usual "Oh my god mr____(insert famous person) I love your work, your so awesome etc." he asked him a "normal" question. From what he remembers it went something like "Hey Paul, do you know where the time machine is?". Now, Paul Stanley, not being from the Wisconsin/Northern Illinois area, and having no idea about the Tyme Bank, I guess he interpreted it that he was some sort of crazy fan looking for a time machine. He (teacher) remembers him just looking confused and walking off....the end.... :rolleye: