Hm.... I met Peter Tork (of The Monkees) and adored him to death. I followed him around backstage and sold merchandise for his current Blues band. Long story, but I know the Shoe Suede Blues as a result of the day being hot and the trailer not having AC. Yay for that, but everyone was in a temper (they were wicked nice, though, so nobody's allowed to talk down about Peter around me!
). Interesting moments included Peter asking if I minded him telling a dirty joke... And me giving him a LOOK (probably more a deer in the headlights look than anything!
)... And he proceeding to tell blonde jokes instead.
It was fun.
I met Chase, a bassist who opened for the Newsboys. I also kind of spoke to a member of the Newsboys, but it was while getting an autograph for a friend... They're cool, but I never got into them enough to be terribly chatty with a member of the band. Please don't kill me!
Hmmmm... John Chiasson, an upright bassist (are all my famous musician friends bassists? Wow...
) who plays with Natalie MacMaster winked at me and waved from onstage. I know, I know, but I was wicked impressed with his playing, so it blew my mind anyway.
Same goes for the blond guy in Rockapella. What a wave can do to a fan's beating heart!
And Jake Armerding, I guess. I didn't really chat him up, either, but I met him. It was cool, I like his sound (mandolin and fiddle, primarily).
Chris Rice knows OF me. Long story, again, but I have an autograph and photo kind of with me and him together. My ex-boyfriend was a trip, what can I say?
Up-and-coming musicians I know include Jean Levasseur, Matt Brown, and Jess Guiney. Watch the charts for them!
