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Post by monbla256 on Mar 6, 2019 23:44:34 GMT -5
OK, I'm going to stop it. Telling these old stories is not conducive to my health. I'll relate one more, though. I'm in a NYC guitar store (Manny's Music, out of business last I heard). Looking at guitars.(duh). I'm f***ing around with some guitar, doing the "dweedily, dweedily" thing that everyone does in a guitar store, and this guy comes over to me. He says... "Hey, man, knock it off... it sounds like s***." I look up. It's f***ing Eric Clapton. No s***. I was told I sounded like s*** by Eric Clapton. I guess I can die happy. Have you thought about taking up the trumpet ?  |
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 6, 2019 23:47:09 GMT -5
OK, I'm going to stop it. Telling these old stories is not conducive to my health. I'll relate one more, though. I'm in a NYC guitar store (Manny's Music, out of business last I heard). Looking at guitars.(duh). I'm f***ing around with some guitar, doing the "dweedily, dweedily" thing that everyone does in a guitar store, and this guy comes over to me. He says... "Hey, man, knock it off... it sounds like s***." I look up. It's f***ing Eric Clapton. No s***. I was told I sounded like s*** by Eric Clapton. I guess I can die happy. Have you thought about taking up the trumpet ? I have considered it, but I lack an embouchure... and I have all these calluses on my left hand fingers... |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 7, 2019 14:38:49 GMT -5
I have considered it, but I lack an embouchure... and I have all these calluses on my left hand fingers... I had that once. They gave me some pills and it went away... |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Mar 7, 2019 14:45:05 GMT -5
Oh man we are like brothers of a different mother! Another Atlanta story . . . I was in the CD shop looking at jazz albums when this guy bumps into me while looking for something specific. I hear, "Sorry about that." in an English accent and said, "No problem." I look over and then look at the box set of Crossroads and back at him and back at Crossroads. Thought about buying the box and seeing if he would sign it but best respect I could give him was to leave him alone. I'm sure he get's hounded everywhere he goes. I learned that when I lived in NYC... you leave 'em alone. If they invite a conversation, fine, but don't push... otherwise, you sink to the level of "fanboy/girl"...
You gotta be quick with a one-liner if you wanna talk. Make someone laugh and they usually open up. Other than a polite smile and nod or a stupefied whoa... is my usual fanboy response.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Mar 7, 2019 14:49:58 GMT -5
The Best story ever. My face turned red just thinking about being you.
You should've just cranked the amp and busted into a Cream song though. It'd be a whole other story when hungover Clapton fights you for patronizing him. hahaha
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Post by That Falls Guy on Mar 7, 2019 16:10:25 GMT -5
Too bad you didn't challenge him to a 'duel'!  |
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Post by That Falls Guy on Mar 7, 2019 16:18:20 GMT -5
Closest I can come to this one is that I bumped into Jack Palance one night in the PA Poconos. He appeared to be very tired, and not looking for any attention. But I figured 'what the hell'. I asked him for an autograph. All I had on me was one of my business cards. Not knowing how he was going to react, I handed him my card, and without a word, he autographed it, and just walked away!!
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Post by dave g on Mar 7, 2019 16:24:29 GMT -5
Last one? These are great stories. Keep em coming.
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 7, 2019 19:00:04 GMT -5
Last one? These are great stories. Keep em coming. ...you guys must be weary of this crap by now, lol... |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 8, 2019 6:16:14 GMT -5
Last one? These are great stories. Keep em coming. ...you guys must be weary of this crap by now, lol... not at all... I'm going onto other forums and posting all these stories about a man I know who has encountered loads of famous people. The Eric Clapton story has gone down really well. 😉 |
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Post by JimK on Mar 11, 2019 11:07:26 GMT -5
May I play this game? I have but one. Here it is.
I had a gig at a local coffee joint one Saturday night. It was getting late, and the place closed at midnight. At 11:55 just as I was finishing up, here came this guy on crutches up the steps. The coffee joint was on the second floor of the building. I saw him go up to the counter, and it was too late for him to get a coffee. So, he found a seat at a table, parked his crutches, put his broken leg up on a vacant chair as I finished my last song.
While I was putting away my guitar, he asked me "Can you play just one more?"
I looked at the clock; straight up midnight. The girl behind the counter was closing out the register, and the rest of the crew were cleaning up. "No," I said. "It's getting late, I'm tired, and it looks like they want to close up and go home," nodding to the coffee shop crew.
"That's all right," he says. "I understand." He picked up his crutches and went downstairs and left.
The guy with the broken leg was the actor Matt Dillon.
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 11, 2019 11:41:37 GMT -5
May I play this game? I have but one. Here it is. I had a gig at a local coffee joint one Saturday night. It was getting late, and the place closed at midnight. At 11:55 just as I was finishing up, here came this guy on crutches up the steps. The coffee joint was on the second floor of the building. I saw him go up to the counter, and it was too late for him to get a coffee. So, he found a seat at a table, parked his crutches, put his broken leg up on a vacant chair as I finished my last song. While I was putting away my guitar, he asked me "Can you play just one more?" I looked at the clock; straight up midnight. The girl behind the counter was closing out the register, and the rest of the crew were cleaning up. "No," I said. "It's getting late, I'm tired, and it looks like they want to close up and go home," nodding to the coffee shop crew. "That's all right," he says. "I understand." He picked up his crutches and went downstairs and left. The guy with the broken leg was the actor Matt Dillon. Did you know it was Matt Dillon when you replied to him? |
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