Personal Stories About 1960's Artists?

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:28 am

Chris, is that the same Carson son who died no so long ago?

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:14 pm

In early 70s, I loaned my jumper cables to Paul English (Willie Nelson's long-time drummer). When I lived in Memphis, I met quite a artists staying at the hotel; among them was Rossington-Collins Band, AC/DC, Dickie Betts, Eddie Arnold, Hank Williams Jr. & Bob Seger.

chingnchime · Post by **chingnchime** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:39 am

This is actually 2 stories about the same star- John Fogerty. let me preface this by saying his CCR days were a tremendous influence on me as a lead guitar player. From him(among others) i got my chordal-lead style of soloing. Okay-the stories-
Shortly after i moved to L.A in the mid 80s i found a gig w/ a band. The keyboardist asked me to come to a gig he was doing at this tiny club on Lankershim Blvd the following Monday night. As soon as i walked in the door i saw Fogerty sitting at a corner table w/ James Burton. The band was almost ready to play, but I went up to my friend and said, 'Hey, John Fogerty's here!' My friend says, 'Yeah, he comes to seeus a lot. He might sit in later.' After the second set my friend comes over and says, 'Don't leave. He's gonna sit in. After a couple of songs they introduce him, and Fogerty steps up to the mic and says, "I'm just here to play a little blues. Please allow me to do that." Well he played pretty well, and the band talked him into singing a couple. The P.A. in the tiny club was pretty poor, but when this guy opened his mouth, it sounded like a million dollar system. It's just in the guy's throat. Soon people were on the tables. What a night.
Second story-flash forward to about 2002. I'm in chatsworth (L.A. suburb) at Xmas time in a K-mart doing some gift shopping, when who do i see pushing a cart around? John Fogerty! At first i wasn't a hundred per cent sure it was him, so i circled around again- Yep, that's him. Not many people look like JF. I thought about speaking to him, but he looked pretty engrossed in the toy aisle (he has some younger kids), and what would i say anyway?? 'I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!' I don't think so. No one else seemed to recognize him that day.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:10 pm

This isn't a face to face encounter, but I did interview Graham Nash by telephone for about 30 minutes 10 years ago. He and Crosby were coming to Pittsburgh, PA, and I was entertainment editor of a small daily paper at the time. First switch was that HE called ME -- his money! We talked about everything from the Hollies to CSNY and wound up trading stories about our kids. I've interviewed quite a few "big names" (Marty Stuart, Joe Diffie, Sarah Maclachlan, Yanni, Tinsley Ellis, Kenny Loggins, Dave Brubeck) but certainly none more "from my era" than Graham. He was funny, revealing and not at all in a rush to end the interview.) I didn't get to the show, but it was one of the better interviews I ever did.

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:59 pm

When I worked at Universal Studios as a television executive I saw Graham Nash at a favorite lunch spot nearby. He was very involved with his newspaper and it would have indeed been a wrong time to approach him -- John Lennon had been shot the night before.

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:20 am

Johnny Cash has been an all-time idol from the time I was 6 or so. I was a young 8 years old by the time I finally got to see him in concert, in 1974! Through the years I caught a few more shows. The 2nd-to-last time I was able to meet him during the 2nd intermission. My brother, also a huge fan, is a deputy with the Niagara County Sheriff's Dept, and the head of security at the concert hall was also a deputy. He told my brother that he'd get us into the intermission, as there would be time for about 10 people to meet him.

Sure enough, we were the last two of about 10. As we stood in line, JC gave each person their own time, chatting with each. The person directly ahead of us was a crippled man in a wheelchair. Cash gave him a hug and posed for a picture. He posed and signed autographs for all who wanted them.

Our time arrived and we met him. He was a very quiet person in his speech, very humble. It may seem odd, but it seemed that he enjoyed meeting us, too. He appeared this way with the people ahead of us too. He really made an impact on those who met him that day, as he lived up to all that we had thought of him to be. He was very sincere, shaking our hands and looking into our eyes as he talked. He thanked us for coming to the show. We had him sign a couple albums, which he graciously did. Some time after, we sent him pictures of the meeting, which he signed. He also included signed promotional 8x10’s, which we didn’t ask for. He was a man of total class.

After the concert, a group of approximately 75 people gathered outside a fenced-in area where his tour bus was. About 45 minutes after the show ended, Mr. Cash came outside and saw the crowd. He walked over and signed for everybody who wanted an autograph. He was there for 20 minutes or so, chatting and signing, while all the others in his entourage were already on the bus. He even opened up the gate so a woman could have her picture taken with him. I have to admit, I had another item with me, the booklet for the 3-cd set, The Essential Johnny Cash, and had him sign it at this impromptu signing.

It is one of those things that my brother and I still talk about. Johnny Cash was total class, all the way!

The look on my face shows 25 years ending in the meeting of a idol since childhood.

britye · Post by **britye** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:27 pm

In 1984 at the shop where I worked, my employer's brother in law Jack was in the process of restoring a 1972 Cadillac, I helped him out and in the process I had learned from my boss that the guy used to be a recording artist in the late 50's and very early 60's and had appeared on Dick Clark's American Bandstand and he sometime toured in England. Well, Jack turned out to be Jack Scott. Funny thing is when I asked him what songs he recorded I apologized and said I could'nt place them. However I listened to the local oldies station and I'll be damned I heard " What in the World has come over you..." and Bye Bye baby goodbye by Jack Scott, super nice guy and would've never known had the boss not spilled the beans. He still tours in the UK now and then.

chingnchime · Post by **chingnchime** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:45 am

In the early 90s I was in line at a grocery store when I thought I recognized the woman in front of me."Excuse me",I said, 'Jackie DeShannon, right? She smiled and said yes. "I love your stuff. My band does WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM." She smiled again and said, "One of my best!" At that point the checker started ringing up her purchases, but she turned and said 'bye' as she left. She seemed like a very nice, average person.

bitzerguy · Post by **bitzerguy** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:45 am

In the 70's and early 80's we had a great old (100 years old) hotel we hung out at. Bit of a dive actually, but major fun and great bands.

In 1977, a couple of friends and I had dropped in for a Saturday evening's fun and to catch the band. We got to spend a great evening listening to, then shared a few drinks at our table with, Long John Baldry. He had more than a few great "road" stories he shared with us. A great and very funny guy. At that time, I really did not realize who I had shared the evening with (I had just turned 18), and only really knew Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock N Roll. I got a great Long John education that night. He played there two more times between 1977 and 1980. We managed a drink with him each time. Really wonderful memories.

Less than a year later, 1978, we were in the same hotel and got asked by this guy if he could join us at the table, that he was from out of town. Of course we invited him to sit and ordered up a round of drinks. It took a minute or two before we realized we were sitting with Neil Young. He was not performing, just out for some R&R. We spent another great evening listening to road stories and enjoying a pretty good blues band (Downchild Blues Band). Neil eventually left the club but had received a parking ticket from the local constabulary for leaving his bus in the wrong place.

...Dean