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Re:The most famous musician you talked to 2011/06/22 14:17:45 (permalink)
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didn't we do this before?   

the most famous musician I've ever talked to depends on which one you call "more famous" although I'm sure 97% of you reading this won't know any of them:

Rick Heil (as well as all of the other band members at the time of SONICFLOOd - I drove the van for them when they were in town for a concert at our church, taking them to the hotel and back, to dinner, to Guitar Center, to a "mini-concert" at a Christian book store, etc).  he was very "aloof" and didn't talk much.  my favorite person out of that band, tho, was the bassist. 
Grant Norsworthy - basist for SONICFLOOd.  really great guy.  we discussed his instruments (he used a Fender acoustic electric bass during the bookstore performance) we talked about my children who were giving me problems at the time and he seemed genuinely concerned by asking questions, etc.
Dennis Jernigan - Christian artist - on his own independent label.  that alone with the sucess that he's had makes him a hero in my eyes.  he's a very "down to earth" guy


Is that the same guy as Richard Hell and the Voidoids.  I think they were a punk band in the 70's-80'. 

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Re:The most famous musician you talked to 2011/06/22 14:29:09 (permalink)
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Beagle


Rick Heil


Is that the same guy as Richard Hell and the Voidoids.  I think they were a punk band in the 70's-80'. 

 
No mate.
 
You are right about Richard Hell and the Voidoids being a punk band though, probably best known for the awesome Blank Generation

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Re:The most famous musician you talked to 2011/06/22 14:48:56 (permalink)
I got to say "Hi" to Carl Palmer last November in Phoenix. 

 

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Re:The most famous musician you talked to 2011/06/22 16:35:19 (permalink)

Nobody
Wot, you've never met Robert Plant?
I thought everyone in Worcester has met Planty!

Nice fellow BTW.


However, I did once sit behing Pat 'Bomber' Roach in the Purbani Tandoori Indian restaurant
Not as salubrious as the Purbani, but I did get chatting to Eric Clapton in the Mediterranean Fish Bar* once

Met a few others around here, Nigel Kennedy, Bill Ward, Mani (Stone Roses bassist).


*Not as posh as it sounds, it's a chippy.

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Re:The most famous musician you talked to 2011/06/22 17:08:20 (permalink)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown......after watching too much animal house I approached him after many beers in a small club and sat down and said "Clarence my man..."

Got a very cold stare and I then said, "very nice set Mr Brown."  He was a real gentlemen and talked for a few minutes to me an by friend before he went back on stage. 

My wife sat next to Jim Dunlop on a plane.  She gave him my wrong web site....but got some free picks !!

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Re:The most famous musician you talked to 2011/06/22 17:08:22 (permalink)
During what became a two year flight deployment, became friends with the Crew Chief for my airplane, who was the drummer for the McCoys, and recorded Hang On Sloopy. We had about 65 folks on the aircraft team, and I encouraged everyone to dine together as we "toured" the country, checking out instrument approaches at a variety of airports. He used to tell all the wait staff at each restaurant that it was my birthday. I still have a collection of party hats... Spent an afternoon with Bruce Hornsby, on a tour of a NASA Simulation facility. One of his twins wants to be a pilot. Had a fascinating discussion on how made it, while his son landed the sim. A real gentleman... Sorry Karyn, that's two...
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