A thought occured to me about Fleetwood Mac

[wondergirl9847]

That story RULES!!! I wub Lindsey. 15 minutes of chattin' with THE MAN...that's just too awesome for words.

I love it when REAL FANS get to meet members of our band.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

While not "rock," I have to say that Peter, Paul, & Mary are very approachable, too. One of my favorite memories is Peter Yarrow talking to me about the things that were going on in El Salvador back when I was about twelve. I've been a folkie ever since, though thanks to Lindsey and McGuinn, found a way to rock with it!

I just read that Mary is going to perform live in the very near future. She's supposedly feeling much better and lost all kinds of weight (mostly from her illness).

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

That story RULES!!! I wub Lindsey. 15 minutes of chattin' with THE MAN...that's just too awesome for words.

I love it when REAL FANS get to meet members of our band.

You know, I've always said, just act normal and treat them as you would anyone else. I really think they appriciate that. Thank you I'm glad you liked it.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by dissention

I just read that Mary is going to perform live in the very near future. She's supposedly feeling much better and lost all kinds of weight (mostly from her illness).

What sort of illness did she suffer from?

[dissention]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

What sort of illness did she suffer from?

Leukemia. Here's the article about her performing again:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...ory?id=1354763

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by dissention

Leukemia. Here's the article about her performing again:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...ory?id=1354763

Thank you for sharing it. She really has a beautiful voice. I'd compare it to Judy Collins. Would u agree?

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

You know, I've always said, just act normal and treat them as you would anyone else. I really think they appriciate that. Thank you I'm glad you liked it.

I think most famous people are this way because they have to maintain good karma. If they are jackasses then it will come back to them something awful.

[Raeven Skye]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Oh that's hilarious!

i hated him for a long time after that...his entire band came out to see us, sign things...he was sitting outside his tour bus, being a dork...so....i dropped them all the way to my knees! hehehe

[David]

I was treated horribly & shamefully by the Fleetwood Macsters when I saw them, but I have completely forgiven them. All is well.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by David

I was treated horribly & shamefully by the Fleetwood Macsters when I saw them, but I have completely forgiven them. All is well.

Huh? Or, are you kidding?

[bikerchic]

Great story David Can you imagine LaNicks talking to you for 15 mins. nevah! Now how did you meet Mick?

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Sure, and It's hotel related. WHen they played in Minnesota in 2003 I found out through a friend what hotel the band was at while they were here. I figured that with them doing 2 shows, the morning of the second show would be the best time to try to meet one of them because I figured they would be relaxed. So on th morning of June 20, 2003, I showed up in the hotel lobby and sat in this lounge that was like off to the side of the front desk. I was way too nervous to try to sit right by the front desk, because as I'm sure you know, I wouldve been kiced out right away if they knew why I was there. ANYHOO, after about 2 hours of nothing, I decided to ball up and go sit by the front desk and act real casual like I belonged there. I even bought a New York Times. Anyway, I sat and potitioned myself right across from where the elevators were and held the paper in a manner where each time the door would open I would lower the paper just enough to see who was getting off. It worked, cause at about 10:20 the elevator door opened and out stepped none other thatn Lindsey Buskinham in the flesh all by himself, no security. I was so nervous, I said a prayer "God let me keep my composure" I mean I'd worked so hard to make this happen, I wasnt gonna **** it up now. SO I calmly stood up and walked over to Lindsey, extented my hand and said "Hey Lindsey, great show last night." we ended up talking for about 15 minutes, just me and him. I wont ever forget it. And he was so courteous and polite. I was amazed. I eman he actually wanted to hear whT I had to say, it wasnt just like, GO AWAY at all. then finally after about 15 min, I asked him before he had to go if he would mind if I had a picture taken with him. He said no problem at all, and the picture in my sig is it. I thanked him for taking a few minutes out of his day to talk to me and he said "It's no problem. I enjoyed talking to you." and on he went. Of course I was immideately asked to leave the hotel, but very nicely. I didnt argue and was outta there. There you have it. What u think?

That is such a great story, David. I love that you bought The New York Times.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Sure, and It's hotel related. WHen they played in Minnesota in 2003 I found out through a friend what hotel the band was at while they were here. I figured that with them doing 2 shows, the morning of the second show would be the best time to try to meet one of them because I figured they would be relaxed. So on th morning of June 20, 2003, I showed up in the hotel lobby and sat in this lounge that was like off to the side of the front desk. I was way too nervous to try to sit right by the front desk, because as I'm sure you know, I wouldve been kiced out right away if they knew why I was there. ANYHOO, after about 2 hours of nothing, I decided to ball up and go sit by the front desk and act real casual like I belonged there. I even bought a New York Times. Anyway, I sat and potitioned myself right across from where the elevators were and held the paper in a manner where each time the door would open I would lower the paper just enough to see who was getting off. It worked, cause at about 10:20 the elevator door opened and out stepped none other thatn Lindsey Buskinham in the flesh all by himself, no security. I was so nervous, I said a prayer "God let me keep my composure" I mean I'd worked so hard to make this happen, I wasnt gonna **** it up now. SO I calmly stood up and walked over to Lindsey, extented my hand and said "Hey Lindsey, great show last night." we ended up talking for about 15 minutes, just me and him. I wont ever forget it. And he was so courteous and polite. I was amazed. I eman he actually wanted to hear whT I had to say, it wasnt just like, GO AWAY at all. then finally after about 15 min, I asked him before he had to go if he would mind if I had a picture taken with him. He said no problem at all, and the picture in my sig is it. I thanked him for taking a few minutes out of his day to talk to me and he said "It's no problem. I enjoyed talking to you." and on he went. Of course I was immideately asked to leave the hotel, but very nicely. I didnt argue and was outta there. There you have it. What u think?

Cool story, David. Lindsey is just the best. I am sure that you were asked to leave the hotel because Stevie was staying there.
I know a few people that have had not so nice experiences with Stevie and security.

[snowman]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Well...we kind of were told hands off. OKAY DAVID, I'll tell my whole story...

Okay so anyway, they came to stay in the hotel and we were told that we were not allowed to approach them in the lobby, etc. We were told to close the bar early on Saturday night because they wanted to have a private party. I was a horrible manager that night b/c I acted like a freaking 15 year old. We cranked only Aerosmith music all night.

They didn't show up.

On Sunday night, the other bartender and I were drinking coffee, doing the weekly crossword puzzle (I even had my GLASSES on) when in walked the band. The only other people in the bar were two youngish guys sitting on the other end. So Steven Tyler walks up to me and asks me what kind of non-alcoholic beer we sell. Shaking like a leaf, I told him and he asked me to get him one. I poured it and as I was handing it to him, I blurted out, "I can't believe I'm waiting on Steven Tyler!" to which he SCREAMED in my face! Like, "AAAAAAAAAAH"! It was really funny. Anyway, he wanted to go into the kichen to meet our chef, so I took him back there, totally not believing that I'm chatting with Steven Tyler. They ended up hanging out with us all night. OH! At that time, I had the Buckingham-Nicks CD playing, and Steven said, "I love Fleetwood Mac- you guys have really good taste in music" (obviously I wasn't going to correct him on the FM thing).

Oh, I could just go on and on with that story (about how I got hit on by the one of roadies, who actually turned out to be Steven Tyler's step-son or something ridiculous like that), but I'll leave it there.

I also met Maya Angelou (fabulous), Kathy Lee Gifford (heinous), Henry Kissinger (he asked me for directions to the men's room), Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter, Guns-n-Roses (predictably trashed their room), and Patti Labelle (mentioned in another thread). I can't think of any others right now, but I know there were more.

That's a very cool story. I have a friend who is an extreme Aerosmith fan. She too has tons of stories and pix of her and the band, particularly Steven Tyler. She says Steven is a very nice person. Who would have thought...?

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by David

I was treated horribly & shamefully by the Fleetwood Macsters when I saw them,

Yeah, but YOU were asking for it. You should know better than be a man wearing chiffon around the band.