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Ever Met A Celeb?
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ever met a celebrity and, if so, to what extent were they what you hoped or expected?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I remember once meeting Charlie Drake and Edmund Hockeridge at the Palladium as a kid some 55 years ago, still memorable ... as a teenager once waited for ages outside a stage door in the mid60s for Billy J. Kramer, the pop singer's autograph ... he told me to "pi** off peasant," some folk are real gits, aren't they ...
Loads of musicians, and some TV people - as a culture freelance.
The majority have been nice - but I am meeting them in a pre-arranged interview situation, so we all know what we are doing, and the parts we play.
Some do go over and above that remit though -
I interviewed Roger McGuinn from The Byrds at the launch of his new seven-string guitar made for him by Martin. After the interview was finished, Roger and I sat in the lounge of the hotel, and he offered me a chance to play his gorgeous - and unique - new guitar.
Having confessed that, despite being a writer about acoustic instruments, and knowing vast amounts about them and the people who play them, I don't actually play the guitar myself, Roger cheerfully offered to demonstrate the sound of the guitar.
Roger McGuinn of The Byrds then played and sang Mr Tambourine Man just for me!
Now that was an experience!!
The majority have been nice - but I am meeting them in a pre-arranged interview situation, so we all know what we are doing, and the parts we play.
Some do go over and above that remit though -
I interviewed Roger McGuinn from The Byrds at the launch of his new seven-string guitar made for him by Martin. After the interview was finished, Roger and I sat in the lounge of the hotel, and he offered me a chance to play his gorgeous - and unique - new guitar.
Having confessed that, despite being a writer about acoustic instruments, and knowing vast amounts about them and the people who play them, I don't actually play the guitar myself, Roger cheerfully offered to demonstrate the sound of the guitar.
Roger McGuinn of The Byrds then played and sang Mr Tambourine Man just for me!
Now that was an experience!!
retrcop - ////Having confessed that, despite being a writer about acoustic instruments, and knowing vast amounts about them and the people who play them, I don't actually play the guitar myself//
Can you blow a trumpet ? //
No, sadly not.
I remember having a go in high school, and again a few months ago when my oldest grandson brought one home from school - on neither occasion could I get a note out of the thing!
Can you blow a trumpet ? //
No, sadly not.
I remember having a go in high school, and again a few months ago when my oldest grandson brought one home from school - on neither occasion could I get a note out of the thing!