I brought one mag from '78 (crawdaddy) and another from '76 (don't remember which one....they're both at my parents' house...the next time I go over I'm going to bring them back to my house) ....both had the band on the cover. Mick's reaction was priceless....he pretty much did a "double take" when he saw the first one......I suppose it was a nice change to see something other than his wine bottles come across the table to be autographed. Oh yeah, and he's freaking huge. I knew he was super tall, but oh my, when he stood next to me as he walked down the line of people to get to his table, I felt like an ant next to him....he's what, 6'5" or something? My mom's barely 5', so he seemed even bigger to her. It was funny, he had this fancy schmancy leather chair to sit in, with these pads to rest his hands on (they look like those gel pads you can buy to put in front of your keyboard, except they weren't long and skinny....they were a big square, more like a mouse pad). I still think it was funny how he said the worst thing that could happen is if we didn't like his wine.
In regard to Jonathan Todd...he talked to people as they waited their turn.....he was a bit much, IMO...a little too over the top. Then, what was a bit annoying was they had this dude running up and down the line next to everyone, pushing a cart FULL of Mick's wine...and kept bugging people to take more......we didn't plan on buying any wine, but my mom got sick of him asking us we wanted some, so she just said "ok, we'll take a bottle of riesling." Then he left us alone.......I don't like it when people are pushy....I know they probably expected everyone in line to buy some, but, what if you don't drink? My friend belongs to a church (SRF), and, as part of their religion, they abstain from drinking.........you never know..........oh well, the whole thing still made my week.
