What famous or semi-famous musicians have you met?

Warren Zevon
Andy Partridge
Elvis Costello
Glenn Frey
Jon Anderson
Derek Shulman (of Gentle Giant)
Fee Waybill (and other members of The Tubes)
John Hiatt
Suzanne Vega
Trapper Schoepp
Clive Gregson
Ian Hunter

 

Nothing to forgive. Paul Weller is a great songwriter and musician.

 

Nope, but it was the show where they pulled one of our friends (at the time) up to play "Party Girl"

 

As a human being, easily George Michael.

Though I suppose the biggest buzz was the first time I walked into a room and David Bowie sat cross legged on a table and beckoned me over with "Hi Steve, so what am I doing tonight then?"

As a fun entertainer to go out on the town with, probably Boy George.

As the most erudite and interesting of interviewees, Neil Tennant.

For giving me the honour of co-compiling their Greatest Hits and penning the liner notes, Debbie Harry and Blondie.

Special mention to the sweetest, shyest legend on the list, Scott Walker: "It's hell in here, but you seem like a great guy."

Bless.

 

Interesting. How so?

I'm a fan but always imagined he was a bit of a nutter. Maybe that's the media's image of him influencing me though...

 

I do hope @stepeanut won't be too cross I didn't choose The Dame, but yeah, GM is remarkably sane, and solid company.

The first time I met him (see link below), I was pretty taken aback at how different he was from the tabloid caricature image of him:
http://www.guyspy.com/an-evening-with-george-michael-jackson/

 

I'm doing some (architectural) work right now for a fairly famous blues guitar player.

 

Barry Gibb used to shop at the bookstore I worked at in Miami. I checked his credit card to make sure it was him once. He was super nice all the time. And he liked to buy history books.

This one time that I was not there Whitney came in and made a scene. My whole store got to see a Whitney scene but me.

 

I can just hear him saying that!

Always had a good feeling about Scott.

 

I can confirm that he is not Pamela. I can also confirm that he is telling the truth.

 

Forgot probably one of the most well known groups that I met some of the members......Jefferson Starship. They played a small local festival here back in the 90s and the groups were fairly accessible after the show.

I met Paul Kantner, Jack Casady, and Diana Mangano. Marty Balin was there for the show too but he left as soon as the show was over and they walked off stage.

 

Mariel Hemingway came in the record store one day. Girl had absolutely the worst taste in music you can imagine.
Deb Winger would come in sometimes too. She'd load up on reggae cassettes and was always asking what we thought. I liked her.

 

bjorn & benny (abba)
chris isaak

that's it

i've been in the same room as some icons (prince, bowie, john fogerty, donny osmond) but never tried to approach them

 

Had a few beers with Sadao Watanabe in Sasebo, Japan.
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david crosby
anderson squire howe bruford wakeman downes
keith richards
roger waters, nick mason
jack bruce
greg lake
ian anderson, martin barre
michael mcdonald

others i cant remember rt now but theres a ton more

 

Living in the Nashville area I had lots of musicians as patients. Some were down to earth and wonderful people, some were as difficult to deal with as you could imagine.

Ultimately they are just people. Money and fame can amplify the traits a person already exhibits. It just ends up giving them the freedom to act in a way most if us would be unable to manifest without serious consequences in our personal or professional lives.

 

In the 90s, I was at a club called Wilson's in NYC to see the R&B/Doo-Wop outfit, Little Isidore & the Inquisitors; to this day, my favorite live group of all time. Anyway, before the show, I walked into the bar area and saw a dude dressed like Robin Hood; with suede and feathers, leather. It was Willie DeVille! I can't remember what I said to him but it was a compliment of some kind and we started talking and he was very friendly to me. The show started and he tells me he wants to introduce me to someone. We go to one of the tables in the joint and Willie introduces me to Jack Nitzsche! I sat at their table for the rest of the show.

Little Isidore (David Forman) wrote the song "A-Train Lady" from Mink DeVille's second LP, Return To Magenta, which was produced by Jack Nitzsche. During the show, Willie got up and sang "Lover Please" with the band. It was quite a night.

 

I'd imagine Boy George would be great fun. If you got him in the right mood, that is! He was always a great interviewee, and his 1995 biog Take It Like A Man is tremendous.

It must have been wonderful to meet the Dame. Where do you begin with someone like that? Please be careful with your answer!

George Michael, I admit I always had down as a bit of a pompous git. Especially after he followed the excellent Faith album with that misery-fest Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1. Even the title makes you want to slap him!

Nice to hear these tales, though. Keep 'em coming.

 

It's a great shame you've apparently never met one of your favourite artists and personal style icon, Mariah Carey.

Maybe one day, eh?

 

Oh, good grief.

Mine isn't a list of all the celebs I've met, merely the ones I've spent the most time with on a professional or personal level.

If it were I'd still be here til hell freezes over. Or Mariah Carey makes a good record.

 

Well, I know you've met Ralf Little, though I've yet to see pictorial proof!

Give us a few of the more interesting celebs you've stumbled across.

 

Oh Cheese Doodles, well I warned you:

Tom Cruise
Kevin Bacon (heard the most salacious gossip about George Clooney and Woody Harrelson from him!)
Adam & The Edge (U2)
Paul McCartney
Toyah
Nicholas Hoult
Chris Evans (both)
Tina Turner
Stephen Fry
Kevin Rowland
Ian Broudie (we once went to see Madonna together at Brixton Academy!)
kd lang
John Cleese
Prunella Scales
Andrew Sachs
Jamie Redknapp
Catherine Tate
David Walliams and Matt Lucas (before and since they were known)
Robbie Williams
Mark Owen
Jason Orange
Gary Barlow
Manic Street Preachers
Desmond Llewellyn
Chris Martin
Tom Baker
Thomas Dolby
David Tennant
Arthur Baker
Sophie Ellis Bextor
The Feeling
Pierce Brosnan
Sylvester McCoy
Sue Johnston
Most of the Corrie girls except Deirdre (sadly) and Rita (but instead, Sally asked me if I'd done something rude with George Michael)
John Hurt
Johnny Depp
Tommy Lee Jones
Bill Paxton
Danny Boyle

Man, we would be here forever, seriously...

 

That's some list...

I could ask a thousand questions, but I won't.

I may get back to you re Woody and George, though!

 

Not many but

I had a drink and a picture with joe Elliott at "the cavern club" in Tokyo...my 3 friends and his small group were the only westerners there...it was pretty surreal and made more so when in pops the lead singer of def leppard....

I saw the flaming lips several times around the late 90s and early 00's...and after a few shows Wayne would chat with us for a while actual (comes across as a smart, and easy to talk to guy)...,

I saw Arthur Lee heading into the double door before his show maybe in 2001 and just said I loved his music, etcand he was thankful...