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presdoug
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8093 |
Posted: September 26 2017 at 19:06 | |
Does talking on the phone count?
In the summer of 1989, I talked briefly to Jurgen Fritz of Triumvirat on the phone, and it did not amount to much; I was nervous and didn't really know what to say, and he politely but firmly brushed me off. I talked twice to guitarist/sitar/zaz player Eddy Marron on the phone, once in December of 2002, and once in 2008. I was a little calmer this time around, and though I don't think English was his main language, we communicated some about his involvement in Dzyan and Giger Lenz Marron and Vita Nova, he mentioned that Peter Giger moved back to Switzerland, that Eddy's composition Time Machine had a lot of 16th notes in it, and man, it was a thrill talking to the musician whose music means so much to me, even though he died several years ago. It was neat when I told him I had just turned 40 the day before I first called him, and he wished me "Happy Birthday". Awesome, it was. Though not prog, I have also talked on the phone to the German classical pianists Peter Rosel and Roland Keller-both were quite nice and polite. |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 19:47 | |
I met Robert Smith, Ian mc culloch and Siouxsie. The last one bought a house with her drummer Budgie close to my mother's house.
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kenethlevine
Special Collaborator Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 8854 |
Posted: September 26 2017 at 20:50 | |
Lucky you! I did the same with Maddy Prior in 1984
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heavydrum
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Posted: September 27 2017 at 02:23 | |
i've kind of played with pain of salvation in 2005. i was in the italian fan club, they had a party for them andi played with my band. we prepared a cover version of reconciliation and asked daniel if he would sing it with us; not only he did, the entire band came onstage to sing harmony vocals. then we obviously had a great time chatting with the guys until 2am.
i also interviewed steven wilson, comus, mikael akerfeldt and mattias eklundh in 2008 on the melloboat and through the years i've met guys from symphony x, queensryche and jon oliva from savatage.
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SteveG
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Posted: September 27 2017 at 04:39 | |
Quite a few over the years, but the two that always stick in my mind are, ironically, the late John Tout from Renaissance and John Hawken from the mach 1 version of Renaissance and the Strawbs, of course, with about 25 years between meeting one and then the other. Both are my all time personal keyboard heroes.
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chopper
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Posted: September 27 2017 at 05:20 | |
I had the pleasure to meet John Young of Lifesigns at the Borderline when he stood at the entrance and greeted everyone on their way in to the gig.
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Blacksword
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: September 27 2017 at 05:50 | |
Oh yes, me too. I went with you! They are really good live. |
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Blacksword
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: September 27 2017 at 05:54 | |
I met Andrew Eldritch from The Sisters of Mercy many years ago. He was a c**k. I also met Wayne Hussey from The Mission. He was a very pleasant chap. I Also once accidentally spilt some of Gary Barden's (?) (Michael Schenker Group) beer when I knocked into him in a bikers pub in Newbury (UK) when I was about 18. I don't think he really noticed.. |
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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miamiscot
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 3432 |
Posted: September 27 2017 at 08:32 | |
Is Michael Jackson Prog? I met him back in 2002 in Miami.
Actual Prog: Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Neal Morse, Greg Lake and Phil Ehart.
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Rednight
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Posted: September 27 2017 at 09:23 | |
^No (and you list the legitimate figures below him as if they are also rans)!
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Barbu
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Posted: September 27 2017 at 11:02 | |
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questionsneverknown
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Posted: September 28 2017 at 09:17 | |
Used to live around the corner from Justin Hayward in Cobham. Ran into him once as he was picking berries in a nearby lane. And then he cycled home.
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Richey Edwards
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Posted: September 28 2017 at 10:57 | |
I met Fish a few times. He has been nice whenever I have met him, but I've heard stories of him being rude to people.
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: September 28 2017 at 13:23 | |
Ahh that's such a nice image..
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: September 28 2017 at 13:46 | |
Shoot...guess I should've hung around awhile! I will say that all during the clinic Bill seemed to be having a great time laughing and telling us stories...very relaxed and different from any "official" interviews I've seen/read up to that point where he was very curt and downright pissy. Guess it was just nice for him to hang out without Robert Fripp glaring at his every move judging whether we was "restrained" enough or not |
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: September 28 2017 at 15:51 | |
Ginger Bakers dog bit me and he (Ginger, not the dog) threw a drumstick at my head. |
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Mascodagama
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Posted: September 28 2017 at 16:39 | |
^ That's just Ginger's way of showing that he likes you. If he didn't like you he'd have thrown a brick. And brought his leopard.
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Argo2112
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Posted: September 29 2017 at 14:29 | |
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Ginger was another one I met at the NAMM show once. He had the whole Keith Richards thing going, I couldn't understand a word he said but he did sign an autograph for me.
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: September 29 2017 at 15:11 | |
Nah, he threw them at everyone and his dog bit everyone.. now Dave Brock, he had the bricks.. and probably the leopard
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Rednight
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Posted: September 29 2017 at 15:49 | |
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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