Famous musicians you have met ......

Nikko

My very short...and strange list

Machine Head, numerous times (not the new bassist though)

Max Cavalera

Chas 'n' Dave

Paul Young

Toyah Wilcox

Julian Cope

Lenny kravitz

Matt Heafy

Keith Flint

Sam Totman (Dragonforce - bit of a knob)

ourmaninthenorth

Tommy Emmanuel and Richard Thompson stand out as perfect gentlemen...both took the time to shoot the breeze after really long sets. 

Winny_Pooh

Sting, briefly at a meet n greet sponsored by Compaq.- nice enough

Edgar Meyer after a gig - Painfully shy, barely spoke

Julian Lage after a gig - super nice guy for such a major talent, had a long chat

Raymond Gorman of That Petrol Emotion/Everlasting Yeah is a friend of mine

stratman3142

I was one of the guitar geeks that would occasionally pluck up the courage to talk to Alan Murphy after an SFX gig.

He once gave me one of his picks, which was a black Jim Dunlop Jazz 3. If only I'd known, I would have had it framed, but now it's lost forever   Following that, I used black Jazz 3's for years, until recently moving on to the Ultex Jazz 3 version. He also showed a bunch of us how to play SFX's Six Eight. I didn't write it down at the time, but I think it was as notated as in the pdf in the link below. I'd be interested to compare notes if anyone knows any different. I still use it as an exercise.

https://app.box.com/s/uylcu9jfbtd8exuqb4s0vje5956wiykq

I knew people involved in making the first Go West Album and I was invited down when Alan Murphy was recording. It was a tiny studio (I think it was Rooster studios perhaps). When I walked in I was stunned to also see Pino Palladino sitting in the corner.

geetarguy85

Wow, my list is really short by comparison!

Kasabian - HMV signing (anyone fancy a signed CD from this? :P )

Billy Talent - HMV signing

Enter Shikari - yep, you guessed it, another HMV signing

My dad on the other hand seems to have met everyone through his job as a London cabbie! I was particularly jealous of him chatting to Matt Bellamy...

Skipped

Arguably not a Musician. And I didn't meet him.

Sam Phillips (RIP) held the door open for me as I entered (and he was leaving) an Elvis Memorabilia shop in Memphis. I was too shocked to speak until I was inside the shop at which point I said to the assistant.

"Er.....was that......"

"Yes. Yes it was."

rsvmark

Saw Gary Moore exiting sainsburys in Westage Oxford many years ago. He had a face like thunder- there was no way I was going to say hi

geetarguy85

I guess Sainsbury's till got the queues for him.

viz

Aisle play the blues for you.

hobbio

Parisian Safeways

mudslide73

Out in the (Somer) Fields.

richardhomer

Till Got the Blues For You

viz

I can't wait until t'Morrisons (Asda years go passing by)

axisus

He only went for cheap alcohol. Story of the booze

Skipped

Topic Drift....

Bag For Life. (Soul II Soul)

rsvmark

geetarguy85 said:

I guess Sainsbury's till got the queues for him.

 Queues in sainsburys?.... Don't believe a word (of it)

suspiciousminds

Just met peter hook after one of his gigs

Moss

suspiciousminds said:

Just met peter hook after one of his gigs

Poor you...

longi

I met Dave Mustaine and Dave Ellefson at a Megadeth after party on the "So Far So Good So What" Tour around 1988. Dave Ellefson was really nice. I thought Dave Mustaine was going to punch me, he looked like he didn't want to be there. I also met Dave Mustaine's parents there who were really nice too.

viz

ToneControl said:

My Godfather  was Arthur  Tolcher, the harmonica player at the end of every Morecambe and Wise TV show

I must have met him at my Christening.

Surely he must be more famous than all your widdly guitarists, everyone has heard the phrase "not now Arthur"

 

!! Hahaa