@@TheProgCorner I owned a software business for many years, and one of our products, Ascend, focused on time management using the Franklin Covey system. At the massive COMDEX show in Vegas, our booth was packed, and I was at the front swiping name badges for people who wanted more info. The demand was so high that I was swiping badges non-stop without looking up. Then, I noticed the name on one of the badges: "Peter Gabriel." I prepared to make a joke about the name being the same as "our" Peter Gabriel. But when I looked up, to my shock, it was THEE Peter Gabriel. You have to understand at this time, I was the biggest Genesis/Gabriel fan (ok, still am =), so it was all I could do to not get on my knees with the whole "I'm not worthy!" routine. Instead, I kept my cool and said, "Oh wow, it really is that Peter Gabriel. Just want you to know I'm a big fan." He gave me a slight smile. I continued, "I have all your early albums..." He seemed ready for me to mention Melt or Car, but I said, "Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Selling England by the Pound, and my all-time favorite, Foxtrot." His slight grin turned into a MASSIVE smile-he now knew I was a legit fan. We started chatting, and he couldn’t have been cooler. It turns out, he was a Franklin Day Planner user and was excited about automating it with our software. Over the next few months, we sold a lot of software to his Real World Studios, and fielded their tech questions. The guy knew his tech and appreciated its value. And no, I’ve never washed my right hand since. [End story time.]
@@TheProgCorner I owned a software business for many years, and one of our products, Ascend, focused on time management using the Franklin Covey system. At the massive COMDEX show in Vegas, our booth was packed, and I was at the front swiping name badges for people who wanted more info. The demand was so high that I was swiping badges non-stop without looking up. Then, I noticed the name on one of the badges: "Peter Gabriel." I prepared to make a joke about the name being the same as "our" Peter Gabriel. But when I looked up, to my shock, it was THEE Peter Gabriel. You have to understand that at the time, I was a MASSIVE Genesis/Gabriel fan (still am :), and it took everything in me not get on my knees and have a "I'm not worthy" moment. Instead, I kept my cool and said, "Oh wow, it really is that Peter Gabriel. Just want you to know I'm a big fan." He gave me a slight smile. I continued, "I have all your early albums..." He seemed ready for me to mention Melt or Car, but I said, "Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Selling England by the Pound, and my all-time favorite, Foxtrot." His slight grin turned into a MASSIVE smile-he now knew I was a legit fan. We started chatting, and he couldn’t have been cooler. It turns out, he was a Franklin Day Planner user and was excited about automating it with our software. Over the next few months, we sold a lot of software to his Real World Studios, and fielded their tech questions. The guy knew his tech and appreciated its value. And no, I’ve never washed my right hand since. End story time.
Pete seems cool. I went to see him in the early '80's at Tower Records in Hollywood with my portable cassette recorder around my neck & he was nice enough to do a promo for our CSULB FM station.
I briefly met Emerson, Lake and Palmer after a concert in 1992. They were tired after the show but they all shook my hand, I remember that particularly Keith was very nice. I also met Mick Box and Lee Kerslake before a Uriah Heep concert in 1988 and they were very professional and down to earth.
Met John Paul Jones after a gig at Massey Hall in 2000. He came to the back alley of Massey to sign autographs and take pics. There were about 15 of us. He was the kindest most gentle person ever. A true English gentleman. He spent at least 20 minutes with us. I got a few pictures. I had nothing with me for him to sign but getting some pics with him was priceless. It seems the Zeppelin guys are good people. Friendly. Cheers
I saw him open for King Crimson in the early 2000s. It was a small venue and I was in the second row. They were mainly instrumental up until they started to play That's the Way. Jones stepped up to the microphone and I said, louder than I expected, "Oh my God, he's gonna sing it." He glanced my way, gave a quick smile, and sang. I felt like a lovestruck teenager. I was 30 😆
Working in Southern California for many years I unexpectedly met a few "celebrities" I met Maureen McCormick (aka Marcia Brady) She was very nice and made unflinching eye contact. Gene Hackman came into the Home Building supply Warehouse I worked at for supplies. He was covered in paint and wore a tattered t shirt and shorts. He was a totally down to earth dude, And finally, while working at a small market in Agoura Hills California and Debbie Harry sometimes came in to buy lunch and snacks. (I think she was in town for shooting a movie) Me to co worker: "That woman was beautiful" Co worker: "Don't you know who that was? It's Debbie Harry. I thought you liked Blondie". This was in the early 90s. The few times I tabbed her up at the register, I was rendered entirely speechless, unable to even verbalize her correct change. She was a VERY gracious human soul.
Ive not met many celebrities but i have met all the guys in the Damned, all of them were super nice, even had a drink with them, great guys. Also met Ray Davies once, he was kind of shy but very nice. Thankfully haven't met anyone nasty
@TheProgCorner I met the Damned first time in 2003, the lineup consisted of Dave, Captain, Daves wife Patricia Morrison, Monty Oxymoron and Pinch on drums, really nice to the fans, I have met various other members old and new over the years, never disappointed, always friendly. Dave Vanian is one of the most patient people I've ever met, he was really cool, a proper gentleman
Just as in real life, some folks are cool, some are jerks. As a kid, me and my friends idolized Mickey Mantle. We saw him outside Yankee Stadium after a game...just us and him! Unfortunately, he was a total jerk. But years later I felt sorry for him knowing he had personal issues.
Well, besides our household’s infatuation with Hello Kitty, it looks like we have another thing in common, we both have met Erik Kretz. I went to high school with him in San Jose. He was a year behind me, and did not know him very well (I doubt he would remember me), but I had talked to him a couple of times, I remember once talking to him about Saga’s drummer of all things. He was the coolest, nicest guy for sure, kind of soft spoken. His jazz fusion band played at the school’s annual Gong Show and his playing just blew us all away. This was a great topic and I enjoyed it very much. A couple of the nicest celebs I have met are: Mike Krukow, ex MLB pitcher and current Giants announcer and Christy Canyon…two of the nicest, friendliest, smartest, and down to earth people you could ever meet. I also worked a part time job during college with John Ottman in San Jose. John won an Oscar in film editing for the movie Bohemian Rhapsody. He has edited and scored soundtracks for several movies. We would always argue who was better, Beethoven or Jerry Goldsmith. I gave him a copy of Tony Bank’s Wicked Lady soundtrack which he absolutely went bonkers over. Yeah, I also did have one not so good encounter…with 45 of all people. Sitting on the grass with my father in the front row at the Pebble Beach Pro Am sometime in the mid 90’s. Do not want to go near politics, so I will just say that what he did to several of us as he walked by to his ball was simply inappropriate and truly bizarre. Everyone around was looking at each other asking WTF just happened???
Met him after a couple of his solo piano gigs in local churches. Lovely bloke. I know someone who did some work on his house who said the same. @@TheProgCorner
Met Wakeman after a Yes show in Kansas. Around 2002. My brother wrote a book about Yes. They liked the book. Chris Squire wrote a blurb for the book and he and my brother became friends. Long story short....we had front row seats and backstage passes. Met the whole band minus Steve Howe, who did not do meet and greets then. The whole band were nice enough. I will always remember Wakeman talking about his love for the "I Love Lucy" tv show.
Very entertaining! I'd cut the younger celebs some slack. In Mike Nesmith's memoir, he called it Celebrity Derangement Syndrome & admitted he had it during The Monkees TV series days ("Don't you know who I am?").
Peter Gabriel was definitely the KINDEST celebrity I’ve ever met. My most awkward encounter was with Steve Tyler. He was at the Hollywood bowl for sound check and I was security. His little mini pocket doggie went ahead and pissed on the stage. I had to clean it up 😑. Later that night I met Johnny Depp. We both watched cheap trick from the side of the stage and never said a word to each other but were side by side for like 30 min. Very quiet kinda timid vibe from him. Glenn Frey and Don Henley were also pretty snotty. But Joe Walsh was super kind and easy going
Great show. I was able to meet Carl Palmer in 2014 after the ELP Legacy show. It was a small venue and Carl and bandmates made it a point to greet as many of the members as possible. Of course they were selling autographed CDs and the like.
Awesome celebrity encounters Scott! In my years living in New York City and 3 1/2 years in Los Angeles, I have brushed with many many celebrity rockers and actors three of the coolest superstar actors who were very kind to me and willing to actually have a conversation were and I won’t go into any details to keep this short, but Robert Plant in a Barnes & Noble opposite the New York public library Bruce Springsteen who I chatted with at the stone pony virtually 50 years ago and Graham Nash, who was in a Starbucks on Ventura Boulevard in Encino where I lived and who I had a 10 minute conversation with about his music and he couldn’t be more kind either really generous with his time and energy. OK man sounds like you’ve had a wonderful life experience. Keep it up .
@@TheProgCorner why not , they have the money of most big city lawyers,,lol -great reply , Brother Scott. , youhave any spare sneakers you can send me???!!!lol.
I met Chris Squire and Alan White in a meet-and-greet after a Syn gig. Chris Squire is my bass hero, but he was quite rude, more focused on his drinking. Alan White, on the other hand, was a true gentleman, polite and approachable.
I’ve met Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips. I had seen them play at a show once where they passed out earphones and a small transistor radio. Dialed to a particular low frequency station you could hear the show broadcast expertly mixed so that it “doubled” the live sound in the theater. He was pretty friendly and I asked him about that, because it was such a cool experience to walk around the club and hear a perfect live mix. He said they got the idea from a concert where … YES had done exactly that! This conversation took place at a small club in Oklahoma where the White Stripes played before they blew up.
No surprise with Elton as he is known to have quite the temper, but it's still sad. Sad about Whitney as she was a great talent. Sweet story about Michael Jordan. I met Paul McCartney's band backstage in 2010 and they were super nice.
The Bitch is Back is what Elton’s manager used to say to the crew when Elton would go into his hissy fits. Then they wrote a song about it. True story.
Woah dude.. you worked at the Westland Mall in Hialeah? ... dude ready to freak? life changing day was when I bought the Yes years box set at the Specs there on Cassette... that box totally made me a Yes fan .. 30 years later I played with Yes at the Alan White tribute!
Hey Scot! Cool episode. Will share a few stories of meeting members of YES. Are you surprised? Didn’t think so. Steve was very cold, barely got a hello. Alan was very cool. I have a picture of him signing a drum head for me. A very nice and personable man. I met Jon at a meet and greet for a radio station before a show in Detroit. It was at a bar next to the Fox Theater. I was decked out all in white, long hair like Jon. I was wearing my gold necklace with my gold(24K) YES logo. I got so many compliments and Jon loved the necklace and logo. It's one of a kind and my prized possession. It was a cool meeting that i wished it would of lasted longer. Probably the coolest meeting was one of the times i met with Chris after a show. He loved cigars, so i alway brought some to the shows. Chris was a party animal. I have pictures of his limousine outside the venue. We had a room at the hotel across the street. We asked Chris if he wanted to catch a buzz? He said sure! His wife stayed in the limo and i have a picture of Chris smoking a bowl of hash. Unbelievable night, great show and partying with Mr Squire! As you know Scot, i miss the boys so much!!!! FOREVER YES❣️❣️❣️ Love and Light❤️🌅👍😎
I’ve met and chatted with Fish (ex Marillion) a couple of times in the past. Mostly pre gig in the pub. Top bloke. Lovely and normal, and seemingly very appreciative of his fans.
I've had the pleasure to meet many famous musicians. Generally, they have all been great. Some of the nicest people I've met include Nick Mason, Geddy Lee, Bill Bruford, Alan White, Chris Squire, Tony Levin, Alan Parsons, Geoff Downes, Dave Brubeck, and Geezer Butler. I had less than great encounters with Steve Howe and Adrian Belew. I hope to meet you one day, Scott!
@@AlexandrTVOfficialChannelHe basically snubbed me after a KC show. Maybe he just had a bad night. Either way, I'm a respectful fan. I just wanted 30 seconds of his time.
I've seen Adrian live about 20 times. Shook his hand once, but didn't really "meet" him. I'm surprised you had a negative experience with him, because he doesn't have a reputation for that.
I've met many iconic superstars -- all quite randomly -- out in the wild. The biggest is probably Mick Fleetwood. I spent a full evening with the Fleetwood family (Mick, his wife and kids) from hotel to arena to backstage to dressing room to hotel afterparty for a Fleetwood Mac show around 10 years ago. My buddy was Mick Fleetwood's roommate in boarding school back in the 50s (like 4th grade, they were KIDS). They couldn't have been nicer or more welcoming. I ate dinner backstage with Mick's family and Stevie Nicks' sister. Got to go onstage before the show. Walked with the band from backstage to where they went onto the stage. All access. It was awesome.
@@TheProgCorner It was awesome. But my buddy is like super best friends with Mick. Fleetwood Mac actually take a "rest" day whenever their tour comes to DC just so that Mick and my friend can hang out together. My friend was at Mick's house in Maui last year the week before the fire. I almost got to go into Stevie's dressing room before the show with Mick's daughters (who were 11 at the time) but she hadn't put on her makeup yet so she asked for the daughters only (she's their godmother). The one singular highlight was Mick's wife took a photo of my ticket backstage and then during the show i felt a tug on my arm and it was Mick's wife who took me down "beyond the crowd" and she and i watched most of the show standing right next to the side of the stage (me literally leaning on the rail of the stairs leading to the stage). Amazing night that materialized out of nowhere, my attendance randomly came together two hours before it happened. I have pictures of the whole night from behind the scenes. She invited me to their upcoming shows at 02 in London if I wanted to go but i couldn't afford the trip. OH YEAH --> i was so far "in" the inner sanctum that i witnessed their lack of trust and skittishness and freaked outed ness at OTHER people, who were also "in" by any measure, but definitely OUTSIDE of the level of in-ness where I was, which was actually at the family level. They were not very nice toward the more outer people, viewed them as users and hangers on, and went thru the motions of being cheery hosts when necessary but actually viewed it as very much a necessary evil chore of the being of who they are. I was so far in that my buddy called Mick michael (he wasn't mick yet, nor did he play drums yet, when the two met). So i called him Michael too. Only 3 people call Mick michael. My buddy, Eric Clapton and now me.
I noticed that Mick's wife was really eyeing the carrot cake backstage so I went and got a piece and 2 forks and she and i shared it. That really broke the ice. Each band member had THEIR OWN entire backstage area. Dressing room, catering, etc. I was mostly in Mick's area. Security gave me a little hassle when I first got there, but Mick's wife flashed some kind of prism "object" and said "He's with ME". From that moment on i went anywhere i wanted to go in the whole backstage operation and never saw or came near another security person. Illuminati level access. Like i said, my buddy and i actually walked onto the stage and took pictures of each other among the instruments, about 10 minutes before the band went on.
@@robertwiles8106 "Mick's wife flashed some kind of prism 'object'" No doubt it was that thing from the Led Zeppelin *Presence* album cover! (Dark rock magic 😎)
My wife and I met Glenn Frey in Maui, HI in 2002 on our honeymoon at a swank buffet. I heard his SoCal voice 10ft behind us in line and instantly knew who it was without looking. Waited til his family finished dinner and my wife went up to him for an autograph. He was so nice and welcoming and thanked us for not approaching him during dinner. He even kinda flirted with my wife...I didn't mind at all! No one else seemed to recognize him. Eagles were in their down years then. Anyway, he went too early. RIP Glenn.
Being a drummer, Most of my celebs meets tend to be drummers or musicians. Met legendary Mike Portnoy a couple times. Great guy!!!! Met top studio guy and long time Mellencamp drummer Kenny Aronoff. Super nice! We talked about his friend Neil Peart among other things. Met Queensryche drummer Scott Rockenfield and corresponded by email. Great guy. One of nicest i have met. Met entire bands of Queensryche and Dream Theater and it was great with one exception. I could tell guitarist Mike Stone of Queensryche was a total asshole. I have heard stories about him since so that just kind of confirms it.
What a list! I haven't met anyone famous. But here is my fantasy list! 1.Lee Majors 2. Hugh Hefner "at the mansion"...3. Robert Goulet 4. Punky Meadows 5. Charlie Cheswick 6. Mia Khalifa 7. Bruce Jenner 8. Mark Spitz 9. Jim Nabors 10. Benny Hill 11. Charo 12. Yosemite Sam 12. Louie Depalma 13. Pete Pardo 14. Jack Tripper 15. Ponch & John 16. The Fonz 17. Tattoo 18. Daisy Duke & Uncle Jessie & Roscoe 19. Tim Conway 20. Rocky Balboa!
Unfortunate to hear about Jennifer Love Hewitt. She was my childhood crush. I was once within 5 feet of her at the LA marathon but we had no interaction whatsoever
Dude, she's known for being a terrible person. There is a howard stern interview from an old ex-boyfriend, late member of boy-band LFO forgot his name. He dropped some dirt on Hewitt in a total underrated interview, and he later died of cancer. It's worth looking up..
Thanks to an Atlantic AR friend of mine I partied with yes after their 90125 show in Calgary. They were out of control and very cool! By the way have you heard " the fusion syndicate? Cheers.
I met Keith flint of the prodigy at a race track near me and he was such a sound bloke, this was around 96 will never forget ❤. Keep on keeping on Scott , great stories, love it.
Hahahaha...!!! That ending was hilarious!!! I just kinda stumbled across this video. I haven't met a whole lot of celebrities, but I have to say that the ones I have met have all been very nice. Here's my top 3: Top of the nice list is Shania Twain. During her "Up" tour, my then 12 yr old daughter won a contest to appear on stage with her at a show in Toronto. My daughter was to arrive at the venue early, which she did, and spent the entire day with Shania and the band at rehersals and everything. Shania was so kind and just incredible with my daughter. She was absolutely lovely. Second place is Alice Cooper's guitarist Nita Strauss. I have met her now a bunch of times. Again, super gracious and always remembers me. Lastly, I ran into Michael Sweet of Stryper at Buffalo airport. He stopped and chatted and filled in the gaps at the beginning of our conversation when I was a bit star-struck! Lol!
Hilarious - "don't give the phone to Elton", they knew!! 🤣 Tell you who is super cool, Justin Hawkins, all my encounters with him (there have been a few over the years) have been awesome, he's lovely. Don't know if you know of the British comedian Steve Coogan? Met him once in LA, 20 years ago, he was a jerk.
@@TheProgCorner It was probably my fault, to be fair. It was around that time I think he was trying to be seen as 'cool' and shake off the Alan Partridge character, he was dating Courtney Love, I mean the man went to great lengths to try to change his image and I went up to him and said "A-HA!!". I thought he was going to punch me...fun times!
Didn't know you lived in SFL. Did you work at a record store down here? Uncle Sam's? We met Michael Jordon in Coconut Grove in in 1992 when the Bulls were in town playing the Heat. He and Scottie Pippen walked out of the hotel right past everyone. They stopped quickly and shook some hands. We also met Henry Rollins on Collins Ave before his show at the Cameo in 1992 right after we bought some thai stick ha ha. He is a solid guy and actually talked and listened. Super cool guy.
I worked for Record Bar from 1980-1988. In Fort Myers, Ft. Pierce, Melbourne, Hollywood, Key West and finally all the Miami stores: Dadeland, Aventura, Westland, 163rd St Mall, Miami International Mall, South Beach, Coconut Grove, etc.
My brothers band opened for Black Flag in South Carolina. I remember their load in music was Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell. I was only 16 and slightly intimidated by Rollins. But he was cool. A few years later I was at that BF gig at the Cameo.
It pains me greatly to admit this but in the early 2000’s I went to see Kansas at the Colorado State Fair (Pueblo) and arrived early for the sound check: Steve Walsh completely ignored my request for an autograph BUT Robby Steinhardt more than happy signed for me and I cherish that to this day. Kansas rocks!!! 😊
Any of the celebrities on this list may have changed over the years, better or worse, like in the 1990s, it was very common for Elton John to overreact a lot, but I think it happens less nowadays, at least from what I've seen. And he also has a documentary called Tantrums and Tiaras. I haven't watched it all the way through, though. I saw Elton John live almost two years ago, and it was a great concert. Everyone has different experiences with different individuals, though.
Cool story about Jerry Lewis. My comedy hero. Two of my friends met Sting in different circumstances for professional reasons. A very humble and kind man. A rock star without ego.
I met Greg Lake 4 times, twice with ELP and twice on his solo tours. Always a lovely man, chatted and signed loads of merch…also, his guitar roadie gave me all 4 of his bass strings outside Royal Albert Hall as he was re-stringing his guitar for the show in 1992.
I met some (music) celebs but no super known, and they don't remember me for sure. Hasse Froberg from the Flower Kings was a nice one (after a concert of HFMC). Good band too IMHO.
Back in the 90s I had a radio show at the university radio station. I interviewed mostly local musicians but I did get a chance to interview Exene Cervenka from the band X. We talked slam poetry, she was a great interview. Very friendly and animated. I’ve met a few other “stars” outside of radio. A fun person I met was Adrian Belew when he was touring with the Bears. We talked about his roast beef dinner. He was actually hilarious and very down to earth. A nice guy. I also met Dweezil Zappa but he was a little off standish and not that open, maybe a bad night? Another I met was Sebastian Bach at a party in Toronto. I was not impressed. He was drunk and a complete idiot. I also met Dan Hill, I’m not a fan but he was a really nice guy. I’ve also seen a few stars but didn’t talk with them. I saw Lou Reed walking down Yonge St in Toronto. He was quite striking, wearing a full length leather coat and looking..well, looking like Lou Reed. I’ve also met a couple of fairly well known actors having worked with Vancouver Theater Sports. Ryan Stiles was the best. A friendly super funny person. Off the top of my head those are the most memorable.
Fortunately, the celebrities I've met have all been very nice - Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, the members of Renaissance (there's a story!), Roger Fisher, Eddie Bracken (who?), even Bill Cosby was nice! I'm forgetting someone...
I met Allan Holdsworth in a little pub in Abertillery in Wales, and he was just the most humble and talkative guy, and introduced me to Chad Wakkerman who was with him. I can only say positive things about that experience. He ordered a pint of bitter and Chad had a soft drink and he wouldn’t let me pay 👌🏼
I should have started a RU-vid channel a long time ago!!! Thank you for your kind words. I’m used to hearing how I’m too loud or just plain too much in general. You get it!!!! 👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰
A few I have met. Most of them were very nice. I only met a few celebrity douchebags and I will not mention them. I met Alan White (Yes), Danny Seraphine (Chicago) and Gregg Bissonette (DLR band and many many others) at NAMM one year. They were all very nice and took time to talk to us. Being a drummer it was nice to meet 3 drummers I grew up listening to and knowing they were nice guys also. I met Eddie Van Halen and Alice Cooper at the Bob Hope celebrity golf tournament in the 90s. They took pics with me and were very nice, but it was brief. I was working at a dinner event in Ireland (I lived there for a couple of years) for a group called the Elders. It was a group of world leaders started by Billionaire Richard Branson and Peter Gabriel that was supposed to solve world problems or something like that. My boss was friends with Mr. Branson and he knew I was a huge Peter Gabriel fan and introduced me. He was very nice and I got to talk to him about 5 minutes and get a picture. I once worked as a caterer at an event in Miami and met J-Lo. I thought she might be stand offish but she was very nice to us. I sat next to Marie Osmond on a Delta Airlines flight back in the 90s. She was a real sweetheart and very kind. I used to live in Americus, Georgia years ago. It is about 15 miles from Plains, Georgia and would see former President Carter and Mrs. Carter in town all the time. I was their waiter at a local restaurant there a few times and also worked at Lowes when President Carter came in to buy some lumber and tools. He was very nice but a cheap tipper.
Clive Nolan ( Arena, Pendragon ) is a lovely, humble and very friendly man. Met him in my local supermarket ( ! ) and after one of his theatre shows - he bought me a drink.
Miami is a hotbed for Celebrities and Athletes. Michael Jordan? did Tiger Woods ever come in to your store? I can only claim Prince and Woody Harrelson in recent years. I did work at Sam Goody at the Mall of America the Summer of 1993. And we had both Peter Paul and Mary and Kiss come in for signings. I actually have a pic I need to scan/capture and share, lol. I just remember Gene Simmons walking in the store and basically trying to tell everyone what to do. He was demanding of us having certain formats and things.
Awesome Jerry Lewis was my late mothers favourite actor. I met The Edge during the Rattle & Hum tour when he was going upstairs over a record shop called The Cladagh Record shop in Temple Bar with his guitar to practice. I also got a spin on Adam Clayton's Harley Davidson.
One time I was at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and John Cage walked up to me and asked me for directions to the theater (where he was scheduled to give a talk). That is my brush with greatness.
He was manic. It was absolutely wild seeing him running around my store in a Foot Locker uniform. And the people that recognized him were VERY confused!!!!! It was amazing.
There are also stories of Jerry being really nasty. Glad you got him on a good day what you’d expect “being Jerry”to be. A lot of Elton interactions tend to range from lavish spender (one of his many addictions by his own admission) and sweet, to being a total moody bratty chubby diva. He has kids now so hopefully he’s setting a better example to his sons. JLH sounded like the run of the mill neurotic actress. Have you ever had to open the store just to have a celeb shop around because they wanted complete privacy?
I've fortunately had mostly good encounters with musicians. I've opened for a lot of big bands. My great list... believe it or not Kiss.. opened for them in 2010 band & crew were stellar, Viv Campbell & Jimmy Bain, Geoff Tate.. opened for Queensryche 2011, Frankie Banali Chuck Wright etc....the coolest was Geoff Emmerick...class act all the way!!!!
I worked for a utility company in Nashville. We worked in Vince Gill’s backyard. He was down to earth & gave all 4 of us autographed pics….My wife took mine away from me.
I worked as an electrician for Clear channel at the west palm beach amphitheatre for 2 summer concert series. All access to every show but I didn't abuse it. Met lots of my heroes and fortunately didn't have a single bad experience. Tom Petty was especially cool.
i have an Elton John story... Milwaukee, the Harley-Davidson 100th anniversary concert... Elton was signing autographs backstage... he stayed until everybody who wanted an autograph got one; he literally stayed until he was the only person left, then he walked to his trailer... and it was a very tough day for him; a gay Englishman singing Tiny Dancer for 100,000 bikers... they treated him like crap... and yet he was as gracious a star as i've ever seen... ☮💟🌍
That type of nastiness never flew with me. I never cared who you were or thought you were? You disrespected me, I let them know it. I must say most celebrities I met and dealt with, whether it be actors,singers, musicians, comedians, sport figures, politicians, etc, while employed by The Sheraton Hotel chain in early 1980's, were really cool! Hell Kenny Rogers invited me to go on his tour as road crew. Rush let me on their tour bus too !
That must have been so cool to go on Rush’s tour bus! From what I’ve heard, Alex and Geddy are among the nicest and most down-to-earth celebrities you’ll ever meet.
@@mfischer387 As a Rush fan, I volunteered to go in at 1am because they were suppose to arrive at 3am. They also gave me VIP tickets to the concert. So I sold the tickets I already had. Got to go up to the soundboard, because I looked after some guy from the States who showed up at the hotel by himself by feeding him leftovers and such. He said he was related to Howard Underglider. Which I doubted but turned out to be true. He invited me to hang around. Also took Geddys yellow tie to be dry cleaned. Lol. It was the coolest experience ever.
@@geoffdennis8382, that’s such a cool story! The one time I saw Rush was on their Clockwork Angels tour in 2012, and I was in the nosebleeds with my wife. But regardless of our seats, it’s still my all-time favorite concert. They were fantastic! I’ll never forget the roar of the crowd after Alex’s amazing solo for “The Analog Kid”.
I haven't quite had the same interactions with celebs as you have but I can praise Rosalie Cunningham, Steve Rothery, Geoff Richardson and Caravan, Spock's Beard (twice) Neal Morse and The Unthanks for their down-to-earthness. Not such a good interaction with Steve Howe (surprise!) but that's about it. I've never paid for a meet and greet as anyone charging silly money for that doesn't deserve the adulation when some fairly big stars interact with fans for nothing. I just hope that they get the respect from everyone for that.
@@TheProgCorner Yeah, good days, bad days I suppose. Another time I did get a faint smile from him with a (positive hopefully amusing) heckle when I was front row in a small venue.
Great video, Scot!!! Sorry to hear about the ones that were nasty. Sadly, Elton isn't much of a shock - despite how much I love his music. I have met a few famous people. Only one of them I recall being rude. Myles Goodwyn (R.I.P.), the singer for April Wine. We had arranged to meet him after a show, and all was fine. However, when he came out to meet us, while he did sign my album and get a photo, was saying "get me the f**k out of here" and various other rude comments that I don't have time to remember. Then, he was once again nasty to my father after the fact. Now... the nice guys I have met. Where do I start? Kim Mitchell, Lawrence Gowan, Billy Sheehan, Dweezil Zappa, Geoff Downes, Geddy Lee, Carl Palmer, Steve Hackett, Ron Thal, to name a few. All superbly nice people. Not a bad vibe from any of them.
Interesting stories. Without a doubt, THE nicest 'stars' I ever met were Joe Strummer and John McLaughlin. Weirdest one I ever met was Alex Chilton. Lou Reed was definitely the most intense.
I never met Jerry Lewis, but I did meet his son Gary Lewis. He was very cool. The only other celeb I have met was Gilbert Gottfried who was great as well. My friend used to work security at the local casino here and he had some pretty good stories on celebs that he has encountered. The worst ones he said were Bill Cosby and Diana Ross. The best one by far was George Carlin.
F these 'celebs' man. Worked as a sound engineer in movies here overseas for a couple years. Seen a lot of these...never gave them the any attention whatsoever. To me all of these people are nothing. You bleed like me, you die like me so f you... ahahaha. Great video, man.
I was building a stone wall one day at a cottage out in the Canadian bush and I heard three guys above me on a porch talking who sounded familiar. I looked up and it was Martin Short, Larry David and Robert Kennedy Junior. All 3 of them are great as they offered me a beer and a sandwich. Charles Manson could offer me a beer and a sandwich on a hot summers day and I'd vouch for him in a court of law though.......cheers.
It's a great program Scot to share your expierence with famous people.I know you have good expierence and bad.I think that famous people should have a humble attitude toward's other persons.
Dave Wynforf is absolutely amazing, it was his idea to give us a hug when we said we we're gonna head out. Cool dude, amazing. CJ Ramone also an amazing guy
The only celebrities ive met are Nascar drivers and independent pro wrestlers who passed by Massachusetts and they were nice to me and just all around cool.
For me,David Bowie-wet fish handshake,pass,Stevie Ray Vaughan-crushing handshake,get you a beer,play guitar,tops.Peter Garrett(Midnight Oil)-Get you a bottled water,let’s talk about trees.Hmmm
I heard Bowie ch-ch-ch-ch-changes his handshake, depending upon the aura of the person whose hand he is shaking. I guess you didn't make the grade mate, and got what he thought you deserved. I agree with Bowie.
Envious of MJ and Jerry. Two heroes. During the latter quarter of the last century, and mostly in the '80s, I was cloistered away, educating myself with the help of teachers, talks, seminars, concerts and such, in Boston and Cambridge, where every eventually makes an appearance. I had varying degrees of darshan or meeting with the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Chogyam Trungpa, Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Timothy Leary with whom I spoke, Noam Chomsky, Ray Kurzweil, Robert Moog, Carl Sagan, Ram Dass, Allen Ginsberg with whom I spoke, Yehudi Menuhin, Buckminster Fuller who spoke for hours, Betty Friedan, roundtable w/Edward Said, Sarah Caldwell, Edward O. Wilson, Ashley Montagu with whom I corresponded by letter, R.D. Laing, Luciano Berio, Alberto Ginastera, Philip Glass and Steve Reich both of whom I spoke with, Robert Reich, Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Frank Zappa with whom I conversed in German, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, John Ashbery, Amiri Baraka, Ali Akbar Khan, Richard Schultes, Leonard Bernstein, James Taylor, Joan Baez, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, John Dean, and spent an afternoon with Joseph Campbell at Harvard and Anthony Burgess at the Ritz in Boston. This century I do most everything virtually, save painting, piano and book reading. I should get out more.
@@TheProgCorner Holiness was indeed a throughline, I think now in retrospect. I'm finally living the monkish life I knew I was meant for. Internet helps with being social and singular at the same time. Most folks were good and kind, but avant-gardist, David Moss was a bit of an asshole the second time I spoke with him...at a less hallowed venue down south. Can't wait to hear more about some of those things you hinted at. And let's get you to 100+! Heal Chucky!...who, as prince, spoke at my commencement, now that I think about it. He called it "an exquisite torture". Love the man.
I’ve met lots of celebrities most of them are fine but the rudiest celebrities I’ve had the misfortune to meet are both tennis players John McEnroe and Boris Becker . I have a different experience to Scott with Elton John who has always signed all of my Elton memorabilia that I’ve put before him .
