For those of you who have met Stevie

[justdreamin]

This is how I almost met Stevie. I had been going to concerts of both Stevie and Fleetwood Mac since 1979 on a pretty regular basis and was a huge fan.

I lived in San Diego in the late 80's, and I believe it was in the summer of 1990 that Fleetwood Mac Behind the Mask tour was going on. I went to San Diego State to see the show with a friend who wasn't a huge fan, but we had a great time.

After the show we hung around and noticed a couple of big buses parked by the side of the performance area. They were up against a long hedge, but there was enough room that you could walk single file between the hedge and bus. We decided to go for it, so we walked right up to where the first bus was parked. There were only about 8 other people standing around a side walk area and a few directly across from us. My friend was in front of me and we were right by the door to the bus. If there was security, I don't remember. We waited for about 30 mins and somebody came out of a tent that had been playing percussion and was friendly, but I had no idea who he was, then Rick Vito came out, said hello and was talking to one of the other people hanging around.

A little while later, out comes Stevie. She looked so small and frail, but her clothes were out of this world beautiful! She was flanked by a couple of people who looked like they were assistants. A few people standing around there asked her for autographs, but she just kept her head down and ignored them. Then she walked toward the bus door, where, as I mentioned before, my friend was standing in front of me. I wanted to play it cool and had just started to say something, but Stevie was still looking down, and then suddenly my friend reached out and PATTED HER ON THE BACK and said "good show." !!! She looked up at ME (I wanted to say "it wasn't me!!!") with this stunned look on her face and got right on the bus and we were shooed away very quickly.

I was not happy with my friend for several years, lol....and it was sad because Stevie didn't seem at all like I had expected.

Finally, last summer I got a double hand shake AND eye contact on the Edge walk and it was exactly like I had expected and now my life is complete, lol. Really though, it was pretty cool after all these years.