BigHewer Posted December 9, 2021 #121419 Share Posted December 9, 2021 We see them on TV, on YouTube and perhaps from afar at a concert, but which famous artists have you met in person? Share your stories and encounters here. 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Reeve Posted December 9, 2021 #121422 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Actually met Rod Stewart many years ago in Harrods as we walked straight into one another and he apologised. Very smartly dressed man. 2 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHewer Posted December 9, 2021 Author #121425 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Just now, Andrew Reeve said: Actually met Rod Stewart many years ago in Harrods as we walked straight into one another and he apologised. Very smartly dressed man. Was he alone or did he have Rachel Hunter with him? 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Reeve Posted December 9, 2021 #121429 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On his own on a shopping trip and he was very friendly and wished me well. 2 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHewer Posted December 9, 2021 Author #121435 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I was walking along Grafton Street in Dublin in 1993 and The Edge from U2 was pushing his bicycle down the street from the other direction. We kind of blocked each other then moved in the same direction to get out of each other’s way. He smiled and said “Sorry about that” and I said something similar and we moved on. Kind of funny because U2 had just released the single “Numb” with The Edge on vocals. The song contains the line “Don’t apologize”. 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve860 Posted December 9, 2021 #121438 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Jeff Beck, Los Angeles airport 1979, he'd been on tour in Japan, was a right miserable git! Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninDublin Posted December 9, 2021 #121442 Share Posted December 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, BigHewer said: We see them on TV, on YouTube and perhaps from afar at a concert, but which famous artists have you met in person? Share your stories and encounters here. Do singers count? 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarisin Posted December 9, 2021 #121445 Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) Thais most of them, the ones I wanted to anyway, western ones not interested. Did meet Diana Ross in london once in 1985, most unpleasant woman. Edited December 9, 2021 by Sarisin Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHewer Posted December 9, 2021 Author #121452 Share Posted December 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, JohninDubin said: Do singers count? All fair game John 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted December 9, 2021 #121464 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Labi Siffri at Manchester airport circa 1985. Sat together on a flight to Menorca. Very humble, polite man. 3 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted December 9, 2021 #121468 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Leon Russell. My friend was his lead guitarist and I spent about a year hanging out at Leon's house and studio in Los Angeles in the 1970's. And Blind Melon Chitlin'. 2 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninDublin Posted December 9, 2021 #121474 Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 hours ago, BigHewer said: All fair game John In that case. 31/2 number one hit singers, all from being a cabbie: Lulu, Fergal Sharkey, Jimmy Young, the 1/2 was Telly Savalas (he only spoke on his number one). 3 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSphinx Posted December 10, 2021 #121507 Share Posted December 10, 2021 8 hours ago, Andrew Reeve said: On his own on a shopping trip and he was very friendly and wished me well. Sailing into you at Harrod's probably provided him with the inspiration to change the lyrics of the song he was recording at the time. That's why we seldom hear the I Am Shopping early version of that hit-song... Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaptainRob Posted December 10, 2021 #121924 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Roger Daltry, circa 1972, drove him home from a Fleet St address to his home in North London. I only became aware of WHO he was while we were talking, quite a normal affable chap. 3 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHewer Posted December 10, 2021 Author #121926 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Just now, KaptainRob said: aware of WHO he was Nice one KaptainRob Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraday Posted December 10, 2021 #121930 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Didn't actually meet him, but I sat one row behind Shane Mac Gowan, on a flight to Seattle, in the early 90's. He drank a huge amount of alcohol & sat there pished as a fart, nose running & vom on his T shirt. 2 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaptainRob Posted December 10, 2021 #121934 Share Posted December 10, 2021 A year earlier ~1971, and living on a Thames barge, we'd hold parties every weekend in Summer. My 'flatmates' were all BOAC staff, engineers and cabin crew. The girls we attracted were usually Aussies from Earls Court or hosties but every so often a rogue outsider bloke would come along. Jim Capaldi entertained us with his guitar and ballads, including his soon to be hit 'Love Hurts', (no he wasn't gay nor a hire car promoter) ... hell of a nice bloke and popular song writer for Stevie Winwood. 4 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHewer Posted December 10, 2021 Author #121941 Share Posted December 10, 2021 I was on a bus from London to Holyhead in 1993, not many on it. Most of the passengers had two seats to themselves. The guy across the aisle from looked like a cool dude with his headphones and get up and on one of the stops, I struck up a conversation with him. Turned out he was Louis Freese from Cypress Hill. I'd never heard of them at the time, only found out later. One cool cat. 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-121941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickkotlarski Posted December 17, 2021 #125560 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Met Bruce Dickinson. I just finished a hitch in Algeria and caught the Jet Air flight to Gatwick. While standing outside the cockpit stretching my legs the pilot walked out of the cabin ... Yes! It was Bruce Dickinson. Short haired version of course. Didn't say anything but was impressed about how tiny he was. Many muso's seem larger on stage. Quite an experience for an Iron Maiden fan. 2 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-125560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHewer Posted December 18, 2021 Author #125566 Share Posted December 18, 2021 24 minutes ago, mickkotlarski said: Met Bruce Dickinson. I just finished a hitch in Algeria and caught the Jet Air flight to Gatwick. While standing outside the cockpit stretching my legs the pilot walked out of the cabin ... Yes! It was Bruce Dickinson. Short haired version of course. Didn't say anything but was impressed about how tiny he was. Many muso's seem larger on stage. Quite an experience for an Iron Maiden fan. I’m always confused by how Singapore Airlines play Enya at the end of a long-haul flight as the passengers are getting ready to de-plane. Always used to say that Iron Maiden would be a better fit, just to wake everyone up. 2 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-125566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickkotlarski Posted December 18, 2021 #125596 Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, BigHewer said: I’m always confused by how Singapore Airlines play Enya at the end of a long-haul flight as the passengers are getting ready to de-plane. Always used to say that Iron Maiden would be a better fit, just to wake everyone up. My sentiments exactly. Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-125596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraday Posted December 18, 2021 #125607 Share Posted December 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Transam said: Think 1967/8, David Bowie and Bob Harris, dinner then all crammed into an old Renault (with no doors) to Greenwich for a beer in a riverside pub... Did you speak with Bob? Does he whisper in real life? I see he's still going strong at 75, presenting country music on Radio 2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x527 4 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-125607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changnam43 Posted December 18, 2021 #125608 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Lemmy of Motorhead. In a pub near Portobello Road. Probably around 1979. 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-125608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaptainRob Posted December 18, 2021 #125617 Share Posted December 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, Transam said: We used to go to Kings Road to 'mix' and buy coloured navy flares.. Circa '71 I did a brief stint driving a delivery van for a Kings Road mens boutique with several outer London shops. Velvet was in-fashion along with bell-bottom trou. I was invited to a Sheik's Park Lane hotel party by BOAC mates ... had to borrow a whole blue velvet suit out the back of the van (which I took home most nights anyway), and I bought a pink shirt with ruffles to go with it ... LOL 3 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-125617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraday Posted December 18, 2021 #125620 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Blue crushed velvet jacket & a green chequered cheesecloth shirt Had the obligatory platform boots as well! Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/8969-which-famous-musicians-have-you-met-in-person/#findComment-125620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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