I've met and continue to meet various musicians at shows and other music related events but the only time I can recall being backstage in a dressing room, was at a performance by The Grandmothers at The Met Cafe in Providence, RI, during their 2000 tour.
I was there with a couple of friends and after the show, we hung around by the side of the stage talking to Bunk Gardner (one of the band members) as he packed up some equipment. We talked for a while as the venue emptied out until there were only the band members, a couple of bartenders and the three of us left inside the place. One of the friends I was with casually pulled a joint out of his pocket, lit it up and passed it to me. The two bartenders didn't seem to giva a **** and as we passed the joint around, we were joined by Jimmy Carl Black and Don Preston (two more band members.) We all stood by the side of the stage talking and toking until the joint was finished whereupon Bunk, Jimmy and Don decided to join the guitar player Sandro Olivia (who actually bore a rather striking resemblance to Frank Zappa) in their dressing room for an impromptu acoustic jam of "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" by The Beatles. My friends and I joined them and stood inside the doorway of the dressing room enjoying the music for several minutes until we decided it was time to bid adieu to the band and head for home. An interesting and fun night of music for sure! |
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I saw Hamilton Leithauser from the Walkmen when he opened for Spoon, and I chatted with him after the show for like two minutes. That's it.
(It was a really good set from him, which just goes to show how good his solo stuff is - but the album is borderline unlistenable for me because of the production.) |
Also hung and chatted with the guy's in King's X outside the club before their show.
Me and Doug have a bit of a history..... (I'll post the story if anyone's interested) |
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OUL_rPG1ZD...ings-x-old.jpg So I mention to everyone who it was (I was a HUGE fan) and they tell me to run back and get his autograph. I grab a pen and piece of something to write on and sprint back. Doug has just walked through security and I walk up with the pen and paper, he sees me and reaches around the security scanner to take it from me. FREEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two cops are suddenly crouched down with their hands on their guns. I explain and we both apologize. They tell Doug to walk back through the scanner which he does, he smiles and gives me the autograph, and then walks back through again. Maybe two years later I took my nephew to see them in Boston and noticed the band out front by their mini-bus. I walked up and asked him if he remembered the incident and he bursts out laughing and tells the other two guys the story. Best part is me and my nephew are hugging the stage all night and they do I'm your Captain by Grand Funk as an encore. They let my nephew and a few others up on stage to sing along with the "I'm getting closer to my home" part. |
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I've met a few people in passing that know some of the members of Kings X. Although I've never been a fan, and never really listened to them, I did have one guy try to convert me when I told them I'd never heard their music. I guess he was a cousin of one of the members or something similar and was very adamant about it. Not a backstage thing, but I met Dave Murray (from Iron Maiden) while watching Duke Robillard/John Hammond Jr at Buddy Guys Legends a long time ago. I went up to the bar to get a drink, and looked to my left. Did a double take, and said (quite loudly) "You're Dave Murray!". He nodded, and I went gushing on about how I'd learned just about every lick he's ever recorded. He acknowledged my gushing, and I went off back to my table giggling and whispering to my friends "I just met Dave Murray!". https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...pooKbIDjMdslYm |
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