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I met Dennis Locorriere when I was nine. I went with my extended family and we were in the front row. His capo flew off his guitar in the middle of the performance or when he was just tweaking his guitar a bit, and my great aunt and granny made me get up and give it back to him.
He said thank you, asked my age and all, smiling, was really kind and then started his next song. Later we got to talk to him a bit and I got my photo with him. I'll have to fish it out; it's a nice enough photograph but I don't know if I'd be prepared to show my nine-year-old self to the internet, hah.
I was also mentioned in the local newspaper (which is probably still about somewhere as well) for being so helpful. >.> In fact, I found an internet version of it, aiee..
Press Ctrl+F and search the sentence "Most of the audience were, ahem, of a certain age though one nice little nine year old girl ran to the stage. "When's she's 21," quipped Locorriere, "I'll be dead." on http://www.dennislocorriere.com/tour-dates.htm
I actually remember him saying that now. I'm 18 now, and he seems well enough so I'm sure he'll be alive and kicking by then. I mean, come on; he's younger than Ritchie Blackmore and he's well.
Anyhow, I don't usually like country but I really like his. Probably grown on me over the years, mind you, because of my gran.
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He said thank you, asked my age and all, smiling, was really kind and then started his next song. Later we got to talk to him a bit and I got my photo with him. I'll have to fish it out; it's a nice enough photograph but I don't know if I'd be prepared to show my nine-year-old self to the internet, hah.
I was also mentioned in the local newspaper (which is probably still about somewhere as well) for being so helpful. >.> In fact, I found an internet version of it, aiee..
Press Ctrl+F and search the sentence "Most of the audience were, ahem, of a certain age though one nice little nine year old girl ran to the stage. "When's she's 21," quipped Locorriere, "I'll be dead." on http://www.dennislocorriere.com/tour-dates.htm
I actually remember him saying that now. I'm 18 now, and he seems well enough so I'm sure he'll be alive and kicking by then. I mean, come on; he's younger than Ritchie Blackmore and he's well.
Anyhow, I don't usually like country but I really like his. Probably grown on me over the years, mind you, because of my gran.
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Huh, I envy you lot. I can't remember ever meeting anyone vaguely famous. Oh well.
Oh wow, for the first time in this thread I am properly jealous. "You lucky bastard" is all I can really say.SenseOfTumour said:
I met Cal Ripken Jr once, 3rd baseman/Shortstop for the Orioles. Book signing.
I was named after him actually.
I was named after him actually.
Never met any "real" celebrity, but I barely missed Stephenie Meyer at a book convention a while ago
I promise I'll line up my shots better next time
I promise I'll line up my shots better next time
I met Anna Paquin shortly after she won her Oscar. Didn't actually know who she was, she was just like anyone else.
Yeah I saw him outside Saino's delivering some sort of speech. Don't suppose you were one of the people handing out flyers there?Dumbfish1 said:
Bet you felt small.Master Steeds said:
Well, I got to meet Matthew Wood, who's the guy who does General Grievous in Star Wars. Aside from being in a Star Wars prequel that nobody likes, there was a lot more to him besides General Grievous. He was one of the game testers for the Monkey Island games, the original ones, and he knows Steve Purcell, the mind behind Sam & Max(and let me say how much I really love Sam & Max). He says he has read the comics and stuff, and I asked him where I could find the comics, which he said "That's a good question" but no one really had an answer to that one.
Tom Kane, who voices Yoda in the video games. Also Commissioner Gordon in Arkham Asylum. Crap, if I had known that he was a part of that game and it had come out, I would have asked him about that, because I really love that game!
Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in that one movie that I'm sure a couple of you have watched. Actually three of them. And maybe even four if you think his 2 second appearance really counts. Really tall and quiet.
As you've probably guessed, this was at a convention. Actually, a Trek Expo, in which not only did we meet those people, my friend got to see William Shatner. Adam West was there as well. He's that guy from Family Guy who plays as Adam West. He also played some other character, like a super hero or something, I don't know, I kind of missed the details.
Also, people from the Guess Who. At least, who was left. Other people from that concert were stand ins, but it was surprising to have some one who's not the original singer give such a great performance and make us forget who the original singer was. Damn, that was a really good concert. There was also Eddie Money. Not as exciting, because that concert was kind of boring actually. He signed an autograph for us, and that was about it.
So, hopefully, one of these days, I'll meet Peter Frampton. Seeing a concert of him next month, and dammit, I need to meet him!
I guess if you don't count the convention, then not really a lot, but it was cool meeting these guys though. Especially with someone who remembers the good ole point and click and faffing about adventure days!
Tom Kane, who voices Yoda in the video games. Also Commissioner Gordon in Arkham Asylum. Crap, if I had known that he was a part of that game and it had come out, I would have asked him about that, because I really love that game!
Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in that one movie that I'm sure a couple of you have watched. Actually three of them. And maybe even four if you think his 2 second appearance really counts. Really tall and quiet.
As you've probably guessed, this was at a convention. Actually, a Trek Expo, in which not only did we meet those people, my friend got to see William Shatner. Adam West was there as well. He's that guy from Family Guy who plays as Adam West. He also played some other character, like a super hero or something, I don't know, I kind of missed the details.
Also, people from the Guess Who. At least, who was left. Other people from that concert were stand ins, but it was surprising to have some one who's not the original singer give such a great performance and make us forget who the original singer was. Damn, that was a really good concert. There was also Eddie Money. Not as exciting, because that concert was kind of boring actually. He signed an autograph for us, and that was about it.
So, hopefully, one of these days, I'll meet Peter Frampton. Seeing a concert of him next month, and dammit, I need to meet him!
I guess if you don't count the convention, then not really a lot, but it was cool meeting these guys though. Especially with someone who remembers the good ole point and click and faffing about adventure days!
I met Chino Moreno (lead singer of Deftones) after a gig. Loads of people screaming for autographs and I asked if I could just shake his hand.
He shook my hand and said "Hey man, thanks for coming to the gig".
That was really nice, like he didn't expect anybody to show or something.
Oh and James Masters (Spike from Buffy). He was very short and very American. I gave him a lollipop because he looked tired.
He shook my hand and said "Hey man, thanks for coming to the gig".
That was really nice, like he didn't expect anybody to show or something.
Oh and James Masters (Spike from Buffy). He was very short and very American. I gave him a lollipop because he looked tired.
I met LRR last February at Tsukinocon. I played MTG with Matt and Alex and we got along pretty well, although I was tired and being pretty derpy. Alex kicked my ass in I think four turns, but I won against Matt twice. And then it started snowing so we got kicked out of the convention. (Victorians are wimps about snow.) Also I think Matt nearly asked me out but I was stupid and cockblocked him before he could ask.
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Matt, if you read this, send me a PM.
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Matt, if you read this, send me a PM.
The only famous people I "met" was the band Hinder. They were signing autographs at rock festival and they stopped to talk for a bit. I bought a joke lanyard from the "I Love Vagina" clothing company and they all started crying laughing.
I physically ran into Jessie Jackson Jr. in an airport when I was something like six years old, does that count ?