| Author | Message | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 757 Registered: 2-2011 |
Have you ever had a chance to meet a legend? Show us your pics! Here's me with Victor Wooten.  | ||
| peoplechipper
Advanced Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 326 Registered: 2-2009 |
Robbie Robertson slept on my couch when I was five; I didn't have a camera at the time so there is no document...it was after his brother's wedding and I probably accentuated his hangover with saturday morning cartoons...Tony | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1481 Registered: 6-2002 |
I played golf with Al Hendrix...no pics, he did give me a copy of a pic of Jimi that is seen on one of the albums ( he had a stack of those pics to present to houseguests ). Al was awesome !! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5327 Registered: 7-2004 |
I played golf with Willie Nelson. I didn't take any pics, though. Bill, tgo | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 758 Registered: 2-2011 |
So, were these golf outings planned or chance encounters? | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 759 Registered: 2-2011 |
Tony, I can just picture Robbie cracking one bloodshot eye & glaring at you watching Roadrunner & Scooby Doo! LOL! | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1482 Registered: 6-2002 |
Al would play at the Jefferson public course , The first time I met him was on the course, played a couple holes with him and from then he treated me like an old friend. A couple planned occasions followed. My dad had dinner with Buckminster Fuller , I have no details about that...must have been cool tho'  | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3302 Registered: 6-2002 |
Nathan East ( backstage National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England)  Carlos Santana (1992 backstage, Tijuana bullring ,Mexico)  Larry Graham (1992 backstage, Tijuana bullring ,Mexico)  Aston Barrett (2000 Butter market, Shrewsbury, UK)  Billy Cobham (2005 Womad, Singapore)  Jimmy Johnson (Robin RnB club, Bilston, Wolverhampton, England)  Joe Zawinul (Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, England)  Larry Carlton (1993 Coach House, California)  Victor Bailey ( Manchester Bass Day, England)  Scott Henderson (Band on the Wall, Manchester, England)  Marcus Miller (2012 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, England)  Here is my contribution Rusty. Jazzyvee | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 760 Registered: 2-2011 |
WOW Jazzyvee, that's impressive! Thanks for sharing! | ||
| jcdlc72
Advanced Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 210 Registered: 11-2009 |
(Please delete/ignore this post. I really messed it up trying to properly attach the pic) (Message edited by jcdlc72 on January 28, 2013) | ||
| jcdlc72
Advanced Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 211 Registered: 11-2009 |
I wouldn't go as far as "Famous friends", because I live in a country where there are not much really "famous" musicians, maybe some "in a very local way" that you might not have heard of in... ever. I shared some minutes with Verdine White and the rest of the EW&F band after a concert here, and had no camera around whatsoever, so no pics. I opened here for ASIA -original lineup- a couple years ago, and their management was very strict on a "no pics or physical contact policy", so no pics with them either. However, in 1997 Bela Fleck came to Venezuela and Vic did a masterclass at a local theater, and I got to play with him (and have a nice chat and a small dinner/party afterwards). I had no camera with me, but a friend -who kinda worked for that theatre- filmed the event, and some years after lend me a copy, of which I took this photo.  By the way, that's an interesting bass I'm playing there, a Neck-Thru Hondo, late 70's I guess, with 2 DiMarzio P's, routing and room for some nice active electronics. Maybe Alembicizing it would be a good idea... :P | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5328 Registered: 7-2004 |
I played with Willie at his own course outside Austin. It was a benefit for NORML (National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws). Willie is a great guy and an accomplished golfer - i'm a hacker. Bill, tgo | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 762 Registered: 2-2011 |
I never would have pegged Willie for a golfer! Thanks for sharing Bill! | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 763 Registered: 2-2011 |
This isn't me, it's Rod, the guitar player in my band backstage with Tommy Shaw of Styx. Rod was playing the lead solo to Styx's Blue Collar Man for Tommy on Tommy's favorite guitar that he wrote the solo on! Tommy told him he was playing it right! I can't imagine playing School Days for Stanley!  | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 1020 Registered: 6-2002 |
I met Ron Carter this past summer at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Unfortunately I don't have a pic to share, but it was definitely a highlight for me. | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1207 Registered: 1-2005 |
A friend of mine does sound for Victor Wooten, so we got to meet him after a show in Osaka, Japan:  | ||
| artswork99
Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1824 Registered: 7-2007 |
Hey Harry, so you know Jack too! Great guy! | ||
| lembic76450
Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 327 Registered: 5-2002 |
This is a picture of my band with Garth Hudson at Lupo's quite a while back. We were blessed when he sat in on accordion on "Ripple"  | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1208 Registered: 1-2005 |
Art, Jack used to hang out with my old band Jiggle the Handle - he eventually became "Larry the Light Guy" and then became an excellent sound man! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5330 Registered: 7-2004 |
Garth Hudson? Cool!!!! Bill, tgo | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5331 Registered: 7-2004 |
 Jimmy Ibbotson from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tommy Chong, and yours truly playing my Ferlembic. Bill, tgo | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 765 Registered: 2-2011 |
Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong fame?? | ||
| terrace
Junior Username: terrace Post Number: 44 Registered: 3-2008 |
Tommy Chong played in Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers who were on Motown Records and was/is a good player | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 767 Registered: 2-2011 |
Thanks Cory! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5332 Registered: 7-2004 |
Not only is he good (he was a pro musician before he was a comedian), he briefly played in the Vancouvers with Jimi Hendrix! Bill, tgo | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 768 Registered: 2-2011 |
I did not know that! Thanks for the history lesson! | ||
| peoplechipper
Advanced Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 327 Registered: 2-2009 |
Rusty, I'd love to meet Robbie again to see if he remembers that, I would've been four or five so 1970-71, the horror of his brother getting married in Mississauga ontario with no good hotels...I have a Tommy Chong story too; years ago('80's) I lived in Deep cove BC outside of Vancouver and one day Tommy Chong and a buddy kayaked up to the government dock just as we were about to smoke a fat one...needless to say we invited them to join in...I doubt he ever says no...Tony | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 769 Registered: 2-2011 |
Smoking weed with Tommy Chong would be like playing golf with Tiger Woods, he's a pro! LOL! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5333 Registered: 7-2004 |
Actually, smoking weed with Tommy Chong was more like playing golf with Willie Nelson. (Let's say there was more than just golf happening).  Bill, tgo | ||
| peoplechipper
Advanced Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 328 Registered: 2-2009 |
Probably right...still very strange...think about a bunch of teenagers sitting on a government dock about to smoke a fatty(now in Deep Cove that was normal and no one batted an eye; in fact there was still a LOT of acid around there then, I can assure you, heh heh) but it was still pretty odd to have Tommy Chong show up even though he owned a place in west Vancouver at the time...that's a pretty long kayak paddle...so I would warn that he's stronger and fitter than he looks... | ||
| hankster
Advanced Member Username: hankster Post Number: 309 Registered: 6-2004 |
My daughter managed to catch Rocco backstage at a TOP show and arranged for me to meet him - one of my heroes, for sure!  | ||
| serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 1027 Registered: 12-2004 |
Rocco & Jaco two of the baddest white cats on bass ever! | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2779 Registered: 5-2009 |
Rocco & Jaco ! Yes_____ They are in my list ! | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 772 Registered: 2-2011 |
Richard, I'm ashamed to say that until you posted this picture, I had never really listened to Rocco, but after seeing your picture I checked him out & downloaded his solo CD Everybody On The Bus! He's a killer player! Thanks for sharing & enlightening me! | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 927 Registered: 6-2006 |
I would like to call these guys friends but really they were just kind enough to let me have a pic taken with them. I should really stop pursueing this as I look like a deer in the headlights in all of the shots . . . star struck!! :-D I don't remember the dates on all of these: Stan and me  Mike Watt and me from the Shine Box tour  Les Claypool and me  Watt and Me from the Hyphonated Man tour  Victor and me when he and Stan played the Northern Lights Theater two years ago??  | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 773 Registered: 2-2011 |
Great pix Pauldo! Thanks for sharing! | ||
| peoplechipper
Advanced Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 329 Registered: 2-2009 |
Cool pics Pauldo, but Damn, they show the march of time, especially the Mike Watt ones(cool you've met him though)...it's funny how you don't FEEL that much different then you're presented with the photographic evidence...I still don't look my age or act it, but I AM aging...poop... | ||
| peoplechipper
Advanced Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 330 Registered: 2-2009 |
I almost forgot about another obscure famous friend...Flipper! my Dad at the time of the Robertson wedding was the manager of a shopping center(Chuck Robertson managed a shoe store, that's why Robbie was there) anyway, a large above ground pool was temporarily placed in the parking lot and Flipper the dolphin was there for some kind of promotional tour; I got to pet and feed Flipper...I've got a cool story about Mr. Dressup, but that's probably a Canadian only story... | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 929 Registered: 6-2006 |
Funny how Mike got older and I didn't! :-D I grew up watching Flipper, it must have been a thrill meeting him(?) in 'person'. My friend in Whitby sent me this picture of Mr. Dressup, Casey and Finnegin -  The Mister Rogers of the Great North | ||
| peoplechipper
Advanced Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 331 Registered: 2-2009 |
PAULDO!!!!! AWESOME! that picture is SO PERFECT it's not funny; I am stunned....Anyway, my story...my Dad became friends with Ernie Coombs(Mr.Dressup)when my Dad managed his first shopping center in Mississauga(yeah, where the Robbie Robbertson thing happened)...anyway, for my fifth birthday I think, Mr Dressup gave me one of his records, but he made a personal cover with cartoon birthday wishes from him, Casey and Finnigan...on a brown outer wrapper but one of a kind...sadly the cover and album are long lost, as is Ernie...I can still picture the sleeve in my mind...I would love to see that cover again, just to have evidence of one's life from that far back; lots gets lost as we move along...Tony. |
