Thread: Tell us about your brush with fame.

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being british I've hugged the queen.



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i need to think some more about this.

I'm from Liverpool and i've met Steven Gerrard and Derek Acorah. When in Blackpool going to meet Derek Acorah, I bumped into Jeremy Beadle when he was walking about (he was turning on the Blackpool lights that night)

hahahahah derek acorah.


dear god..

Originally Posted by Carôusoul

hahahahah derek acorah.


dear god..

lol Derek is a ledge! I don't believe in his stuff but he's still a ledge. I suppose you could add Sam to my list of famous people too....

I met Tom Baker (doctor who)

Lorraine Kelly

Barry from Eastenders

Been on Timmy Towers and met Timmy Mallet

I also have sat in the hall from Harry Potter (must brag to all the HP fans)

I went to high school with Opera star Denyce Graves and author Tracy Chevalier (Girl with the Pearl Earring). I've met Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby McFerrin, Leonard Bernstein, Harry Belafonte, Richard Thomas, Christopher Hogwood, and others.

But my biggest claim to fame was on the 8th of this month when Grammy-award winning conductor John McLaughlin Williams conducted a 140-piece orchestra in a performance of an original work of mine at the Kennedy Center.

Originally Posted by skysaw

But my biggest claim to fame was on the 8th of this month when Grammy-award winning conductor John McLaughlin Williams conducted a 140-piece orchestra in a performance of an original work of mine at the Kennedy Center.

Cool. Way to go!

I was a Bobby McFerrin fan way before he was cool. He got big with "Don't worry, be happy" on his Simple Pleasures album, the album I like the least because he sold out to pop.

Oh and one of my 7 friends who died last year was Bob Seger's bass player before he made it big time.

EDIT: Oh-oh, and my boss and long-time friend was a one-hit wonder country musician He topped several of the "major" independant country charts for 9 weeks in 1993.

I know several local radio talk show hosts and a local radio DJ/comedian. And I've met quite a few more.

I also sat in on the final radio show (along with my Dad) for Denny, a guy who goes by "The Rock-a-billy Rebel", drinking "Rebel Lagers" (Budweiser). He's since gotten a new show on the same station in Tampa (88.5 FM, WMNF)

I also knew a TV show host for while. No, make that three TV show hosts:

Dick Bennick Sr., performing under the name "Dr. Paul Bearer" (now deceased), hosted "Creature Feature". I knew him through a magic club I was in.

Haywood Henson (does a country music show). Kind of a dork. I've done repairs for him, I've sold him stuff, and I've played a gig or two with him. I also sat backstage whilst a friend of mine was on his TV show once.

There's another TV music show host that I've met and done a few things with but I can't even think of the guy's name now. Anyway, he was a total dweeb. He only had his lame show because his daddy owned the station. What's that moron's name? Mike something... Mike Puchelli (sp?), that's it. He had "The Mike Puchelli Show" on V32. What a waste of "fame" that was.

Oh, I've also done repairs for some big-time musicians who've come to the local concert venue but, since I never got to meet any of them (only "their people"), I won't even try to recall the names.

My sister used to do Anthony Bonsante's (from The Contender) hair. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bonsante)

I saw Vince Neil at a Las Vegas airport.

Mark Kunerth, a former writer for the TV show Friends, and a current writer for The Bill Engvall Show, is from my town.

When I was little I got Austin St. John's autograph. Most people will know him better as Jason, the Red Ranger, from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers!

That's all I can think of now...

Les Dudak (who used to play with Warren Zevon) sat in with a R&B/blues band I drummed for (The Dave Ware Group) several times at various shows we did.

I also know and have sat in with Tommy McCoy, a fairly famous, world-traveling blues musician.

I've sold things to, do repairs for and see on a regular basis a musician who's getting fairly big now, Noel Rosa.

I met Tarzan, a highly know drifter (cars) from japan. And the president of Apexi,Toshi, an after market parts (for cars) dealer.

I've met a few famous people.

I went with my sister to meet soap opera stars when they were in town for some sort of promotion. Can't remember who exactly though, i'm not a soap fan.

Met some WWF wrestlers, Sean Michaels, Greg the Anvil, Million Dollar Man, one of the Bushwackers, British Bulldog.. and a whole pile of others I can't remember anymore. This was quite a while ago. They came to Niagara Falls and I just hung around outside the arena, all the wrestlers came out sooner or later for some fresh air. They were really friendly.

I went to school with some NLL players. Still see them around occasionally. (national lacrosse league)

I saw Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson at the mall near my house a couple years ago. I didn't approach them though, I'm not really the type to swarm a celebrity.

I treat cats belonging to some big name local people from the Detroit area, and talk to them on a regular basis.

I've made it in the newpaper a bunch of times, for sports and academics. And I was on TV once too, but I never got to see the tape!

I've had a lot of contact... some of it not so good. I'll skip my political involvement and the attention it got during the 90's, but it was significant.

I know Steve Poltz, and have run sound for him three times. Steve is best known as Jewel's guitarist, though they've parted ways and Steve is the guy who discovered her and gave her a start - and he's been around a LOT longer than she has. I've also run sound for Rachel Davis, and will be doing so again in September with Shout Sister Shout. I know a few others who have made it pretty big in music, but if you're not into folk or extreme alternative or classical pipe organists you probably wouldn't recognize them.

I was Waldon Reed Jr.'s first "guitar teacher," of sorts - I jammed with him, taught him some basics and turned him on to fusion jazz. You probably don't know Waldon Reed, but you should. He's a guitarist's guitarist... I'm not exaggerating when I say he's one of the best in the world. He has a small following throughout Europe and in Asia, but is relatively unheard of here in the US. He actually produced one of my songs a few years back!