Famous musicians you have met ......

Gassage

Philly_Q said:

^ I'm assuming it's a rugby player?

Jamie Roberts- Harlequins, Wales and British Lions-

Behemoth! If you consider I'm 6'2" and 17 stone....

Philly_Q

He's the bloke who's a qualified doctor, isn't he?

(I don't follow rugby - despite being Welsh - but I can't help taking some of it in from 5 Live)

Gassage

Philly_Q said:

He's the bloke who's a qualified doctor, isn't he?

(I don't follow rugby - despite being Welsh - but I can't help taking some of it in from 5 Live)

Yup- I ghost his coaching column. Lovely lovely lovely man. Has a 57 Strat in Fiesta and a Peavey 30

lukedlb

I met a teenager back in 2000, a Swedish girl whose dad was a sound engineer for concerts. Whenever stevie Ray Vaughan played there, he would stay at their house. She remembered sitting on his knee while he played guitar.

lukedlb

I met junior wells in Chicago and served many a musician while I worked behind the bar at the 100 club. I bought Jimmy Rogers, muddy waters old guitarist, a bourbon. One night while the original yardbirds played on stage, both Jeff beck and Jimmy page propped up the bar. 

bingefeller

Eric Sardinas
Chris Frazer
Steve Vai
Mike Keneally
David Holmes

Moe_Zambeek

Gassage said:

A famous person at a Gilmour gig...with me...

Olly Murs?

Nunogilberto

Gassage said:

A famous person at a Gilmour gig...with me...

Nigel Farage and Gary Barlow!

richardhomer

Nunogilberto said:

Gassage said:

A famous person at a Gilmour gig...with me...

Nigel Farage and Gary Barlow!

That's harsh!

He doesn't look anything like Gary Barlow....

stratman3142

I've met someone else that's famous now. Well famous for at least a short while.

I've gigged with the session singer in the news clip below loads of times over the years. I was quite surprised to see his face when I was browsing the BBC news site this lunchtime.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37704823

Just to give him a plug: If you need a dep singer, he's a throughly nice bloke, excellent singer and a total professional.

iain.reverb

I've sold guitar gear to,

Noel Gallagher
Steven Seagal
Joe Bonamassa
Arctic Monkeys
Catfish and the Bottlemen
John Newman
The guitarist from EMF
Bonehead from Oasis !
Slipknot
Trivium
Megadeath
Richard Ashcroft
Julian Cope
Guy from Yes or Maybe ELO ?
Few X-Factor goons
The prodigy
Guy from Tears for Fears
Did a trade in with the guy whose now in Red hot Chilli Peppers
Zakk wylde
Big guy from Machinehead
Bass player from Anthrax
 And loads of others whove slipped from my memory.

earwighoney

iain.reverb said:

I've sold guitar gear to,

Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal? 

Seriously?  That guy is insane!  

http://imgur.com/PpePlsF

iain.reverb

earwighoney said:

iain.reverb said:

I've sold guitar gear to,

Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal? 

Seriously?  That guy is insane!  

http://imgur.com/PpePlsF

Yeah he was definitley a little "out there"

Teetonetal

Bill Wyman, Albert Lee, Steve Winwood and Georgie Fame

Albert Lee did a clinic at GIT when I was there, then invited all of us back stage at the Bill Wyman and the rhythm kings show later that night. I was the only student who went!

BigMonka

Come on the @iain.reverb where did you work?!

iain.reverb

BigMonka said:

Come on the @iain.reverb where did you work?!

Worked for one of the big five guitar stores !

BigMonka

iain.reverb said:

BigMonka said:

Come on the @iain.reverb where did you work?!

Worked for one of the big five guitar stores !

aaah cash converters!

iain.reverb

BigMonka said:

iain.reverb said:

BigMonka said:

Come on the @iain.reverb where did you work?!

Worked for one of the big five guitar stores !

aaah cash converters!

Close ! It was Cash Generator !

Placidcasual79

bingefeller said:

David Holmes

You met David Holmes Mr BF? I am a big fan of his work...... what was the context of your meet? How did he strike you?

I am not really hung up on the whole famous/musicans thing, Peoples people right? I've met several though....
Robbie Williams when he played Glasto - was that 98? he was off his t*ts. GAK I'd say - but was still amusing and his GF - one of them All Saints was mega attractive
That Glasto I also went back stage and on the tour bus with a band called 'Lo fidelity all stars'. They were signed to SKINT in the 90's and made an incredible album called 'how to operate with a blown mind'. They were space cadets and it was a messy night. They had the SH*TEST touring bus/van but it was full of Tony Montana style piles of blow.
I also met Joe Strummer, Bernard Summer, Johnny Mar at the same GLASTO at a party.
I met the DJ John Carter and his then wife and radio 1 DJ Sara Cox at Sankey Soaps in Manchester. Lovely the pair of em' totally fun and got well involved
I ve chatted to John Squire loads of times.  My cousin Sorrell used to see him. Squire was amazing. Very quite and humble but also hugely intresting and very very funny.
Maxi Jazz from faithless - nutty - just continually tried it on with the girl I was with a the time.
I met Finley Quay and his gutarist - remember he was holding an enormous slab of Ganja and held it over a candld
I saw Paul McCartney in Habitat in Chester a couple of days a go ...... I am sure there is more....

Bork

Jimmy Page outside that Westfield shopping mall in Shepherd's Bush, he was there with his daughter and wife.  
Nile Rodgers - at the London Acoustic guitar show in 2015.
Rob Harris - London Bass Guitar Show 2014

I spent a week building guitars alongside Tim Lever, formerly keyboardist with Dead Or Alive.

That's about it.  But loads of well known bassists like Lee Sklar, Billy Sheehan, Adam Nolly Getgood, Dave Swift, Doug Wimbish, John Taylor, Cass Lewis, Victor Wooten, Guy Pratt, Herbie Flowers, Neil Murray, Andy  Cichon (plays for Billy Joel), Yolanda Charles...for reasons...and one day I was late for work and encountered Mark King on the Jubilee Line.  He has an apartment in Borough Market and was on his way to rehearse for that infamous Jack Bruce tribute concert where Ginger threw his toys out of the pram during Sunshine Of Your Love.