This thread is about any celebrity run-ins you may have had.
I'll start:
Met Hank Williams III awhile back when he was opening a show for The Reverend Horton Heat in Boston. My friend and I were talking to him for a good 15 minutes at the bar. We had no idea who he was until he said "I gotta go and get ready to go on" He popped up on stage a few minutes later. Nice guy.
Have had a couple of run-ins with Corey Glover from Living Colour. The first time was at one of their shows in Providence, RI in 1993. Corey was crowdsurfing and my buddy and I had to fill a hole in the crowd so Corey didn't land on his noggin. Second time was when he was touring with his solo band Vice back in 2000. They were playing a small club in Attleboro, MA that one of my bands used to play all the time. He was doing an autograph signing after the show. Most recently, a couple of my friends and I bumped into him in the bar next to the Paradise Rock Club in Boston when Living Colour played there this past November. We were waiting for the doors to open so we could go in. Corey came in to the bar right before LC started sound-check. He stopped and chatted for a minute and let my buddy take a picture with him. He's a really cool guy and a killer singer. Even his sound-checks are awesome
I bumped into Joe Perry from Aerosmith at TT the Bears in Boston a few years back. I was there with some friends to see The Burden Brothers. Joe's sons were in the opening band, TAB the Band. I was watching the show and just happened to turn around and Joe Perry was right behind me. I said "Hi" he said "Hi", back. His kid's band was pretty good. They do a killer cover version of Highway Star.
My friends and I ended up hanging out and drinking with the Burden Brothers that same night. Todd Lewis, the singer from The Toadies, and Taz Bentley, who has played drums with the Rev and a bunch of other people, were in the Burden Brothers. Great band. They invited the crowd to hang with them after the show. We ended up doing shots and talking for a good while. Really nice guys and great musicians. You haven't lived until you've done Jager shots with Taz!
Attended a clinic that Billy Sheehan, the bass player from Mr. Big, was doing at the local music store I have been buying gear from for the last 20+ years. Got to ask him some questions. He was very gracious and a heck of a player.
I almost walked into the middle of one of Heidi Watney's pre-game segments from Fenway Park during the 2008 playoffs. Stopped just in time. Didn't get talk to her or anything. Just admired the view
What about the rest of you? Anything that you want to share?
I'll start:
Met Hank Williams III awhile back when he was opening a show for The Reverend Horton Heat in Boston. My friend and I were talking to him for a good 15 minutes at the bar. We had no idea who he was until he said "I gotta go and get ready to go on" He popped up on stage a few minutes later. Nice guy.
Have had a couple of run-ins with Corey Glover from Living Colour. The first time was at one of their shows in Providence, RI in 1993. Corey was crowdsurfing and my buddy and I had to fill a hole in the crowd so Corey didn't land on his noggin. Second time was when he was touring with his solo band Vice back in 2000. They were playing a small club in Attleboro, MA that one of my bands used to play all the time. He was doing an autograph signing after the show. Most recently, a couple of my friends and I bumped into him in the bar next to the Paradise Rock Club in Boston when Living Colour played there this past November. We were waiting for the doors to open so we could go in. Corey came in to the bar right before LC started sound-check. He stopped and chatted for a minute and let my buddy take a picture with him. He's a really cool guy and a killer singer. Even his sound-checks are awesome
I bumped into Joe Perry from Aerosmith at TT the Bears in Boston a few years back. I was there with some friends to see The Burden Brothers. Joe's sons were in the opening band, TAB the Band. I was watching the show and just happened to turn around and Joe Perry was right behind me. I said "Hi" he said "Hi", back. His kid's band was pretty good. They do a killer cover version of Highway Star.
My friends and I ended up hanging out and drinking with the Burden Brothers that same night. Todd Lewis, the singer from The Toadies, and Taz Bentley, who has played drums with the Rev and a bunch of other people, were in the Burden Brothers. Great band. They invited the crowd to hang with them after the show. We ended up doing shots and talking for a good while. Really nice guys and great musicians. You haven't lived until you've done Jager shots with Taz!
Attended a clinic that Billy Sheehan, the bass player from Mr. Big, was doing at the local music store I have been buying gear from for the last 20+ years. Got to ask him some questions. He was very gracious and a heck of a player.
I almost walked into the middle of one of Heidi Watney's pre-game segments from Fenway Park during the 2008 playoffs. Stopped just in time. Didn't get talk to her or anything. Just admired the view
What about the rest of you? Anything that you want to share?