theAudience said:

Hoobastanks keyboard roadie creosoted my garden fence

Okay, let's see:

-Prince
-Sheila E., Peter Michael and Pete Escovedo (had seats right in front the stage at Yoshi's in San Francisco).
-Mike Phillips (saw him at the bar in the 3121 Restaurant in Las Vegas)
-Juan Escovedo (he plays at my mom's church during the services sometimes)
-Smokey Robinson (very nice, but kind of a womanizer)
-Tony Orlando (I interviewed him for a paper I was working at in Illinois and later got to meet him after the concert. He was one of the nicest people I have ever met. Ever.)
-Meredith Brooks (she came and played at my high school)
-Carlos Santana (I used to be friends with his son, who I attended high school with. I got to have dinner with him, his ex-wife, his son and his oldest daughter, among others, when his son turned 18. I also got to hang out backstage with him, when Lauryn Hill played at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco about 10 years ago. She invited Carlos to play with her on the song "To Zion.").
-Andre 3000 (Outkast opened for Lauryn Hill at that same concert and he was just "Dre" then. He came into Carlos' dressing room).
-Benny Rietveld (Played with Sheila E. and later Carlos Santana)
-Alexander O'Neal
-Margie Cox
-Jellybean Johnson (He hung out at our table at Bunker's the day after the three concerts at in Minneapolis in 2007. I also met him again when The Time played San Francisco last Halloween).
- J.T. The Bigga Figga (oh, to be from San Francisco).
-4-Tay (see above)
-Joyce Irby from Klymaxx
-Mandy Moore (not the nicest girl I ever met)
-Morris Day

That's all I can think of for now.
[b][Edited 4/11/09 13:23pm]
[Edited 4/11/09 15:43pm]

Lovesexy82 said:

And Miles Davis

theAudience said:

Nice one. Lemme see. All met, most of them collaborated with.

James Brown
Bootsy Collins
Bobby Byrd
Marva Whitney
Lyn Collins
Vicki Anderson
Fred Wesley
Maceo Parker
Pee Wee Ellis
Clyde Stubblefield
Jab'O Starks
Tony Cook
Sweet Charles Sherrell
Martha High
Mandrill
RAMP
Les McCann
Ann Sexton
Otis Clay
Roy Ayers
B.B. King
Reuben Wilson
Terry Callier
Leroy Hutson
Lonnie Liston Smith
Taj Mahal
Lonnie Jordan (War)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Randy Crawford
Plunky & Oneness of Juju
The New Birth
Gwen McCrae
Rick James
Winton Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
Weapon of Choice
Sugarcane Harris
The Roots
Prince
Joss Stone
Randy Brecker
The Solsonics
Speedometer
Bernie Worrell
Sergio Mendes
Gene Chandler
Black Eyed Peas
Dennis Edwards
Karl Denson
Omar
Manu Dibango
Jamiroquai
Corduroy
Galliano
Speedometer
The New Mastersounds
Osaka Monaurail
Sade
Guru
Ozomatli
Mousse T.
Mother Earth
Donald Byrd
The Pharcyde
Lenny Kravitz
Ronnie Jordan
Courtney Pine
James Kakande
Joey DeFrancesco
Kip Blackshire
Morris Hayes
The Scorpions

There are more who I can't think of at the moment ..
I had no idea you actually saw Jimi. Bastard!
[Edited 4/11/09 15:13pm]

MrSoulpower said:

Aaah, that'd be not only saw but met and spoke with bucko!!!


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theAudience said:

Deep. Do tell.

MrSoulpower said:

Lemme see if I can find the link.

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Erykah Badu - The Green Party South Dallas, TX
(I was in Dallas recording... and we took a break
and went to this party in support of his friend Junye Butler
who was performing that night in the showcase....
and Erykah SHOWED UP!!!!
it was crazy I was like feet away from her
she was surrounded by Black Panthers though
and she had this furry purple thing on her head
and she was itty bitty... she took it off to reveal a grean bald fade
in honor of the theme of the green theme
they had folk walking around in those
green PIMP THE SYSTEM t-shirts

Juvenile - Club Strawberry A-town, LA
(we sat on stage, me & like 2 broads...
but the left speaker
through the WHOLE set.. it was crazy..)

then the following night...

T.I. - Club Traxx ATL Black Friday
(in concert... he kept throwing me shade
cuz we was right on side of the stage
by the right speaker... he would say
"I need all my LADIES at the front please!!!"
LOL... I loved it..later that night
heading to the truck we seent him & Tiny kiss)

Mystikal - Baton Rouge, LA
at our condo
he was fuckin with the chick down the way
and knew my ex-bf [R.I.P. Mike]
who was BBQing that day

Young Turk & Lil' Wayne of The Hot Boy$
once on Canal St. and another time
in those projects cross from the Veux Carre

walked right past Milira once in our mall
she was having a in-store appearance
at Peppermint Records

Irma Thomas (I think that's her name)
walked past us
at the Peach Festival in Ruston, LA
I didn't know who she was
I was recently reminded of this

saw TLC at the airport in Chicago, IL
they were itty bitty too

Club Nouveau in Super 1 Foods
here in A-town, LA
yeeeeears ago...

I've been within feet of
more celebrities than I thought LOL
[Edited 4/11/09 15:26pm]

Hmmm, gotta think back a bunch of years...

James Brown...I was around 12. He was the first music artist I ever met. He was very nice to us kids and Lynn Collins was beautiful!

WAR...hung out with them several times, (almost got into hanky-panky once, LOL!). The most memorable was the time they played a promo set right inside Blu Note Records. My friend, who works there called me around 10pm 'cause he knows I'm a WAR-head. I grabbed my kids out of bed for that jam 'cause I knew it was something they'd never forget. They hung out and chatted with us for almost an hour afterwards. The most down to earth guys you could imagine.

Stevie Wonder...I was around 14 and I climbed onstage and sat a few feet behind him for the whole show. Back in the day security wouldn't bother a kid if you kept still and quiet. I was transfixed.

Kool and The Gang...when I was around 16 and my god-sisters and I had snuck backstage. They saw us peeking in the doorway and invited us in. I've never seen a group of guys be such perfect gentlemen to a bunch of silly teenaged girls. They gave us snacks, sodas and autographed photos. I still have that picture.

George Clinton...danced onstage with him and Sir Nose.

Eartha Kitt...Back when she did Timbuktu. She was tiny and very sophisticated dahling. I held her pekingnese doggy while she signed her autograph for me.

The Bar-Kays...when they played a show on our college campus.

Hugh Masekela...met him at a community event.

Sheila E and her family...they were signing autographs after a show. Nice people.

Prince...been close to him several times and talked to him briefly once in '06 in Vegas. The thread describing it is here on the .org somewhere so I won't type the whole thing again. Suffice it to say he was very sweet, looks exquisite and his eyes are incredible up close.

Morris Hayes...several times. Very handsome, genuine and cool.

Jerome Benton and Jellybean Johnson...the very first people I saw when I got off the plane in Vegas. We chatted as we rode down the escalator. Cool guys.

Morris Day...the same weekend in Vegas outside the Rio. He shook our hands and said hello but he seemed distracted so we let him be.

Larry Graham...at Macy's on 7-7-7. He and his wife Tina were working the line of people waiting for the show.

Mavis Staples...a couple of years ago after her show. She was wonderfully kind and chatted a bit about Prince while she signed my copy of The Voice. She let us take photos which I posted here awhile back.

Jeffrey Osborne...I had a backstage pass and he took a photo with me. He was very nice and hung out till the cops made everybody leave.

Mike Phillips...last year. He tried to be nice but you could tell he wasn't in a great mood. He had gotten pissed at one of the engineers earlier and hadn't quite shaken it off.

That's all I can remember right now.

babynoz said:

You have a nice list. I saw Prince in concert, but never met him or got close. My father met James Brown many years ago at The Apollo theatre.

babynoz said:

When was that? I'd love to hear that story. Lyn left JB in 1975, so it must have been before that?

Prince 3 times
Mayte and the NPG 2 times
MYA
Hall and Oates
Bon Jovi 4 times
Rick Springfield cant even count the times
Tommy Shaw
Jack Blades
Amerie
Aaliyah
INXS with Michael H
Duran Duran (the warren lineup before John left)
a-Ha
REM
Ryan Adams
Gary Louris
PCD
Nicole Scherzinger (cant count the times)
SHADES (90's girl group)



and others just these off the top of my head
[Edited 4/12/09 7:37am]

MrSoulpower said:

I'm telling my age here but it had to be around '72. It was at the old baseball stadium and the stage was barely 2 feet off the ground. Us kids just sat in the dirt right in front of him fascinated. After the show he and Lynn came over to us and he said "how you kids doin'? We just sat there grinning like little idiots.

Been hooked on live music ever since.

Oh yeah I forgot to add PM Dawn to my list.

Got their autographs after the show at the Basement in Sydney back in 2007.

babynoz said:

There seems to be an issue going on, because the band is currently devided in the camp of Eric Burdon/Lonnie Jordan on one side and other members who remamed themselves as "Lowrider".
Are there any new changes to this situation which you might've heard about ?

Shango said:

For one thing, this divide was a factor that kept them from getting into the Hall Of Fame this year. The lawsuits on both sides are still pending. Meanwhile the Lowriders, (who have 4 of the original members) are having trouble getting gigs because the promoters get threatened with lawsuits by Goldstein, who owns the name WAR. So Lonnie and his cover band get booked a lot more.

It sucks.

MrSoulpower said:

Show offs! I was going to put my little name drop list up but I don't want to now!

babynoz said:

Hey, thanks for giving your inside story. Yeah, that's quite an unfortunate situation for The Lowriders and a pity that they couldn't get inducted for the HOF. Isn't also the son of either Eric or Lonnie performing with one of the bands ?
[Edited 4/12/09 10:34am]

Met> Prince, Sheena Easton, Tori Amos, Olivia Newton-John, Patty Griffin, Tina Turner.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Oh yeah, well let me pour some salt into your wounds.

Just remembered a scenario that'll allow me to add a few more names...

Eric Clapton
Pete Townshend
Roger Daltrey
Keith Moon
Al Kooper
George Olliver (lead singer for The Mandala at that time)

...Ouch!


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i've met loads and have a shit memory, so let's try a few of the more famous names i can remember... i've also met many of the band members too

prince, met and spoke a few times, and most of all his band members ever
morris day
terry lewis
jerome benton
jellybean johnson
st paul peterson
margie cox
candy dulfer
sheila e
maceo parker
eric leeds
kip blackshire
marva king
george clinton
larry graham
chaka khan
george benson
paul maccartney
robbie williams
amy winehouse
beverley knight
common
erykah badu
glen matlock (sex pistols)
mick jones (clash)
doug e fresh
bernard butler (suede & produced duffy)
skin
chesney hawkes
jeff lynne (ELO)
har mar superstar
evan dando
shirley manson
the chemical brothers
carl cox
kevin saunderson
mr c (the shamen)


apologies if i've forgotten someone important!

Shango said:

That was Harold Brown's son. He stayed in the band for awhile after they split but he got fed up with Lonnie and left around '04 I believe. That's him on the right with the dreads and headband standing behind his father...



Not sure if any other member's sons ever played with them.
[Edited 4/12/09 12:53pm]

babynoz said:

Beautiful, I envy you. Even though I've toured with both Brown and Lyn, I have to say that nothing beats the experience of having them seen live in '72. I wasn't even born then.

theAudience said:

did you actually meet hendrix and zappa, or are your list comprising of acts that you haven't exactly shaken hands with, but saw close up in concert? i've only listed people i've met/touched/shaken hands with or spoken too. the list with be even bigger if i listed some of the big names i've seen from front row. i mean i was onstage and in the studio with prince, and shook hands with paul maccartney, and in the bar with robbie williams, and george benson was on my plane from NYC and we had a good chat, and i chatted to george clinton at paisley and chatted to larry graham at length, etc. some of the lesser known names i listed as i had more dealing with them or worked with them or something

not that it wouldn't have been amazing to see hendrix and zappa live at all, nevermind close up!
[Edited 4/12/09 12:59pm]

unique said:

Yeah, the brother did meet them.

MrSoulpower said:

lucky git! my old boss once told me that he did a gig in london and this tall black dude in an afro asked him how he made the fuzz noise on his guitar, trying to make out that he introduced hendrix to the wah pedal, altho my bosses office had the same pedals and marshal cabinets etc that hendrix used, so it's obviously more likely he copied hendrix. altho his best mate actually had elton john as his support once, and we met john martyn in an airport lounge once, who he knew and he sat next to us on the plane, and i met jeff lynne when he came in the club looking for my boss, so some of his stories were true, but the rest were a bit far fetched

unique said:

how'd your boss get is hands on a 66 plexi?

MrSoulpower said:

LOL! Rub it in why dont'cha.

Seriously though, it was the best because he still had the JBs backing him at the time. We saw them again the following year, but not close to the stage.

Good times...

theAudience said:

The Jimi story still cracks me the fuck "the tin angel" right?

babynoz said:

... and it was the best set of J.B.s The first J.B.'s with Bootsy and Catfish were the bomb, but they were not as tight as the set that followed after Bootsy and his gang left ...