Famous people, I guess there was a few:

In college I worked for the sound/lighting dept, called Tech Services so I got to do some cool stuff and met a few artists.

Worked loader and backstage "gopher" at a show for Quiet Riot and Poison so met all of them. BTW, Poison were real dicks, drunk as hell.

Same job, met Ricky Skaggs.

Worked spotlight twice for REO and got to hang with them a little.

But my favorite story. I was working an internship/temp job with College Satellite network running video for shows in Nashville at the Opryland hotel. This was a showcase where performers got 20 min slots to play before delegates from tons of colleges, trying to get booked at their schools. The final night's show was at the Grand Ole Opry itself.

During the day's setup I was running around with some cables and as I came around a corner in a hall I plowed into Roy Clark. He was very coola about it and I apologized for running into him. He took a look at my KISS shirt and long hair and said, "I'm surprised you know my name, since you don't appear to be a fan of my kind of music." I explained that in our house growing up not a Saturday night went by that the folks didn't have Hee Haw on TV. He laughed at that, gave me a tour around some of the sets and we talked for about 1/2 hour.

BTW, I did tell him that he was a great guitar player, whether I was a fan or not. He was very gracious, very nice to talk to, a cool experience.

so blackcatbone = dbr20. i guess that explains alot. i had no idea.

i guess my question for you is why do you have more than one account with the fender forum?

maybe you really are suffering from multiple personality disorder.

That's one you never forget airbornestrat, meeting the President. My Parents went to a few dinners with Ronald Reagan as President and Bush Sr. once when President. Myself I did meet many Senators and Congressmen over the years through Dad. In fact I remember My Dad calling one Senator worthless as a wet blanket one time and the Senator stormed off in a huff. My Pop was involved with lobbing for the Military and pay scales, an Veteran groups. Growing up in My Family we spent many Holidays assisting and volunteering for Veteran causes.

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BCB, Eyeball. Chill out guys. There's been too many arguments on here lately, I've been involved in two myself. Its the season of good will to ALL men. You 2 are good guys.

Have a great day.

CC

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i had a feeling that bcb was dbr20. i was just unsure on if i should ask or not.

Just goes to show, lots of different kind of "famous"

I have met 3 presidents: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush "41". And Hillary Clinton. and in my tours in DC I met a bunch of senators and reps. Douchebags, most of them.

General "Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkof

Don Maynard, the Hall of Fame receiver for the Jets, was one of my Sunday School teachers.
Jim O'Brien, who kicked the winning field goal for the Colts in Super Bowl V, grew up across the street from me in El Paso.
David Robinson of the Spurs was a Civil Engineer Corps officer in the Navy and we briefly served together in St Marys, GA. (Great guy!)

I have met:
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Rory Gallagher
Uli Jon Roth
Ian Anderson
Glenn Hughes
Chris Slade
Elliot Easton
Gilbey Clarke
Earl Slick
Kip Winger
Mark Slaughter
Dave Ellefson
All the band members from Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon and Styx
Chris Duarte
Billy Squier

Steve McQueen
Ali McGraw


That's all my feeble brain will recall right now.

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You are so right Troublcall you notice after all the times I met Elected Public officials my most famous was Petty, Gordon, and Dale Sr. I did not consider Ted Kennedy as one of the most famous because he was one of the bags you spoke of. I have had the Honor to meet several Congressional Medal winner that no one has heard of thatare famous in there way but not to the public.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

Mustang, that reminded me of some of the drivers I've met
Derek Bell, Justin Bell, Dominick Dobson, John Paul Jr., Hugh Plumb, Andy Lally, and Bill Auberlein.

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I met Paul Newman back in 1973 as he was standing next to his race car (Datson ) at Lime Rock park CT. Truly a nice guy..

I've met many more infamous people...

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Don't leave home without it!

I met this guy back in 1991. He should have been a LOT more famous though...

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Kong forget what he should of been, as he was one of the greatest players to walk the planet.I was just as heartbroken when I heard he killed himself as the day SRV died. A truly amazing player and a sweetheart of a guy by all who knew him. I would suggest anyone to pickup his two Hot Licks DVDs and get an education. His version of Harlem Nocturne is on every DVD I burn. For those who dont know Danny was 14 year old Joe Bonammasa's guitar teacher.

Game over.

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

Hey kineman karma, when was it you met Mr Izzy Stradlin?

Any cool info?

He's my favourite guitar player of all time. Everyone I've met who knows him or have met him I always try to get as much info on him as possible. He's like a ghost!

Greatly appreciate it.
Cheers,

CC

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I agree. He was the greatest I have seen. I meant that it would have been nice if he was as appreciated as many lesser talents have been...

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