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Outside of meeting God, in the delivery room which was tops of all times. Is there some strange happenstance that may have taken place for no reason at all? I was listening to James Brown,"Live at the Apollo" today and it took me back to Peoria, Illinois in 1963 when my brother and I were just arriving at Baty's Barn, to get tickets to the "James Brown Revue" for a one night stand. The band buses were in the parking lot and Mr. Brown, and the promoter stood there having a arguement about money. It went on for awhile so I started the car to leave and James,came over and said "things are cool, go on inside and I'm buying drinks. He then mentioned that he would like to come and talk awhile with us at the table. I just have to say that being a R&B freak, this was an all time token moment. During our conversation a chinese women came and sat with us. It was Mr. Brown's body guard. That night...we had front row seats courtesy of the band and the house got completely tore down.
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Joey, was a bandit living and doing business on Sunset in L.A. during the 60's and worked in the music business. Who did he rob..?
Only the shadow knows.
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My mom went to school with baseball great Nolan Ryan- I went with her to her 25th high school reunion in hopes of getting to meet him in the off chance he would show up.
I got to spend about 45 minutes just hanging out with him, his wife and my mom at a VIP room, talking about the glory days of high school and the old hometown.
He was super nice and just a great stand up guy- it was very humbling to have a great hall of famer just stand around shooting the bull- he wanted to know all about me and what I was studying in college, all about what kind of graphic design work I did...
He finished the evening by writing a personal note to me on a baseball. It seemed like the rest of the weekend all he ever did was sign stuff for a never ending line of people at the reunion- he never complained or turned anyone away, but it's gotta suck not being able to go anywhere in public without people mobbing you and wanting your autograph.
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I met Gerald McRaney in an airport. I shook Garth Brooks hand at a private gig he did for Signs Now. Celebs are no different than any other folk except some of them are totally loony.
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Back in the late 70's a friend was dropping us off for a concert when dude got his hand slammed in the door. . .car took off dragging him down the street. . .mangled a finger pretty good, not as bad as it sounds mostly just bleeding. . .a guy stepped off the bus where we were carrying a little black bag & we asked if he could help. . .it was Neil Peart of the band Rush, took us on their bus & bandaged up the finger & gave us Heinekins. . .they were nice but they did have funny accents. . . Last year was watching Wanda Jackson on stage when between songs my phone rang. . it was my wife on her break at work. . .she looks over at me and asks who was calling me. . .told her it was wifey & she said hand me the phone. . .she talked to her on the phone from the stage it was pretty neat. . super nice Lady got to meet her & her husband after the show. . .wife didn't realize who she was as she pulled her leg a little. . .
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I met Steve Martin when he was in Boston making a movie. I was pretty young at the time. He stepped out of a cab with a lady friend directly in front of us and we all yelled "Steve", "Steve". "Steve" from the car we were riding in. He ran up to our car and started hi fiving us reaching all the way in the car to get everyone. We were egging him on chanting "steve" steve" steve" because he was so animated like in the movies and he started dancing like doing some old funky dance like in the jerk. Funny Guy. Seems like he's no different in real life than in the movies.
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Back in the late 80's I was fishing at a lake in the Sierras in California and a guy walking struck up a conversation with me. We talked fishing and stuff for about 20 minutes or more and the whole time I was thinking this guy sure looks familiar but I just never got around to mentioning it to him, we just talked fishing and stuff. After he drove away in a little pickup I realized where I had seen him, it hit me, no doubt. I am still not good at movies and actors names but I knew This was the guy in movies. When you see someone you remember from movies they usually look older than you'd think because you're thinking of how they looked in movies that may be several to many years old. Later I remembered his name. George Kennedy. He seemed to enjoy chatting with me, probably because I didn't recognize him.
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I grew up in a seaside neighborhood on Long Island's south coast and in Forest Hills where my neighbors were sort of off beat as to what exactly they did for a living. From Albert Anastasia to Frank Costello and every big name in between whose history we all know now, I've gone to school with their sons and dated their daughters.
I partied with the best of rock and rollers in my early days and still have contact with those who are still living. I was friends with Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Eric Burden, the Who and many others who came to the USA via NYC and used to play pool with James Cann and his brother Ron, Jimmy once gave me a 63 XKE to use for 6 months when my car was laid up.
Back in the late 60's I was at a natural foods resturant waiting to get served when an ol'fella asked if he could sit down at my table because the place was filled, I said sure and he sat and we introduced ourselves by first names. His name was Eli and into the mellow conversation I said to him that I was a fan of his and thought he was great in the Good, Bad and Ugly Sergio movie, he made no attempt to discard our conversation and after he figured out who I was he said that he thought my shirt was beautiful and wanted to know if I was that Joey who owned Plus More. Anyway we got together the following day at my shop and made Eli Wallach about a dozen shirts. I could go on and on as to my clients which were sometimes big spenders as well as cheapass ones like Joey Bishop who owed me almost a g-note until I put him in his place, he asked me during my straight forwardness one way conversation if I knew who he was and I asked him if he knew who Steve Blauner was, he said my boss and I said I make shirts for him and if he didn't pay me he'd never get another shirt from me again. I was also into drag racing on the SoCal tracks and help build a funny car in my friends living room and when finished we ran 212mph.
Although I know or knew all these people in the past, these days I spend my time in southern Oregon where once in a while one of them shows up for a concert and I show up just to hear them say, Holy****, you still alive
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I was walking in Golden Gate Park one evening and met God. Had never seen any pictures or heard his voice before, yet recognized him instantly. He responded in a very generous way and offered me a job and a new start. Pay was way over scale, although the overtime often seems demanding.
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I met Steve McQueen one time when I was working on one of his off-road cars....Nice guy....just one of the boys ! Striped cars for several members of Michael Jackson's family but didn't get to meet them. Also did work for a long list of professional drag racers, but that is another story....
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Last week one of my friends sons was guitarist for a band that did the opening for Willie Nelson. He said that Willie wouldn't go near anyone of a lower stature.
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Famous people- met a fair few- most are just nice folks.
To go back to the thread title- token moments- though, I've had plenty of times when something oddish happend, and I just continue along with a shrug of the shoulders & an 'oh well...'
and maybe three or four weeks, or sometimes months & months later something else happens, and suddenly that little scene from earlier gets re-enacted and it's like I'm sitting somewhere else briefly, watching it, knowing that that's where it fits in.
It's sort of like being in a book, and the wind blows the next chapter open and you get into that, then go back to where you are supposed to be, and continue on normally, and later catch up to the future in it's proper time.
It might only be a brief five second piece of time in the flashback, but it's all so familiar that you suddenly grin and know this is where it fits in.
Weird, but it happens more often than you realise! (and no, I'm not sniffing anything illegal!)
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Back in the 60's I worked for Delta air Lines in Atlanta, GA and met several celebrities. George (Goober) Lindsey, The guys from adam-12, Roy Rogers, very nice man, even the "King" Elvis Prestley, he was a jerk, then took something & turned real nice. One of the nicest people was Andy Williams. Another customer rep was taking care of him on a trip thru Atlanta and told him that he had seen his show in Vegas a couple months earlier. Mr Williams told him how much he apprecialted the care he got from airline personnel and to let him know the next time he was in Vegas. About 2 months later he was in Vegs (we could fly free back then) and went to the Andy Williams show. Just for kicks he told the Matre d (Can't spell it) to tell Mr williams that he was in town to see his show. He returned and escorted them (party of 4) to a table down front and when he went to pay his check, they said, "oh no, everything is on Mr Williams." Some celebrities are nice and some can be jerks.
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Like others in our profession, I've met my share of "celebs"...some are cool, some not...not wishing to defend those uncool types, I need to say something that may come across that way, in no way do I advocate bad behavior from anyone, that said.......
It helps to look at the world from their prespective to truely understand how sometimes they're nice and sometimes, not...let's follow along w/one for the morning, say...
"Would a walk down the boardwalk and breakfast at the Egg Shack sound ok for this morning?" (like normal people do w/o reservation)... answer..."No, remember yesterday at Macky D's? From all the autograph seekers to just plain fans, it took three hours to just order my meal, which by that time, was cold" "Also had to listen, respectfully, as public image is so damn important to revenue, to at least 40 stories of people simply wanting to establish some common ground w/me, most were variants of stories already heard from someone else at another time." "Seems to me, other than performing in public which eats into day at expected rate, that going into the public to perform normal daily activities, eats my time at a tremendous rate, more than I'm comfortable to endure, after all, I have certain obligations to my profession and it's daily excersise to stay on top of my game, when do I do that? after hours when most adoring fans are at home in bed, after a good meal, dreaming of the moment they met up w/me and found out that I'm really a nice guy?" "How about the times, I, for a multitude of reasons, fell out of favor of said fans, none of which I have any control over, I didn't know eating a cupcake on the "L" would provoke such a negative response from those that consider practice, bohemiam?"
These are but a few of "possible" reasons celebs treasure and protect their privacy so admantly, so to catch one on a bad day or moment and judge their entire worth from that veiw is cheating them and you out of a possible, wonderful meeting or incursion...I know that some are just plain "jerks", but I always try and see their true worth first, it takes time in some cases...one in particular has already been named, Elvis...I didn't want to list celebs I've come across in my lifetime, as it would sound "Gumpish" in nature and I wished not to be looked upon that way, even though facts back up each and everyone of my encounters w/celebs...but back to Elvis....I was part of a security detail assigned to "house" him for a week on the Lady Hilton, prior to his second visit to that hotel here in Vegas....seems his lifestyle interferred w/company policy and our job was to babysit him till effects of last encounter w/his vice, so to speak, wore off, rendering him capable of performing at levels hotel wished him to....long story short, he came off as a "bad boy" and threatned to show off his karate skills to anyone interferring w/his practices....once he and I tangled and he lost, the new found respect revealed a very sensitive person w/the same issues of us normal people...not a bad person when once thru his "protective" shield...my lesson learned is that if I had judged him from first impressions, he was a jerk, but took time to realize he was just a normal person, dealing w/huge successes and no formal training on how to cope w/such fame....I never held his arrogance against him and met up w/him several times afterwards and all were quite pleasant...
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