Well...my mother went to High School with Mickey Dolenz (of the 70's group the Monkees) and he came by a visited us up until I was about 6..I have several pictures of him holding me and playing with me in our yard.
I also had the privledge in the late 80's and early 90's of being on Dance Party USA (on the OLD USA network) and met many groups that performed...I also was on MTV's dance show with "Downtown" Julie Brown one time and I was privledged to have lunch with her.
In another phase of my life working at a YMCA in South Dakota I played basketball with on a regular basis Erik Piatowski (played in the NBA for the Clippers and possibly another team or 2) when he was a teenager and when in college.
When I was managing a night club I met many groups from 80's ( I was managing in 1993-1996) and we often had 80's bands since many were looking for gigs and money still to make. Bands such as Survivor, The Jets, Firehouse, Great White, and the like. Too many to name....in 3 years we had at least a concert every 3 weeks with an 80's band.
I also was blessed with meeting Eddie Guerrero several years ago at a famliy wedding.
But my best meeting was upon return from duty in the 1st Persian Gulf war I was privledged to have a medal given to me at a cermony attended by the George Bush Sr. After the cermony he spoke to each of us...and for me personally we talked about 15 minutes. To have the leader of the most powerful nation on the planet talk with reverence about me, and gave his gratitude to me and treated me as an equal is an event I will never forget.
Rob
I also had the privledge in the late 80's and early 90's of being on Dance Party USA (on the OLD USA network) and met many groups that performed...I also was on MTV's dance show with "Downtown" Julie Brown one time and I was privledged to have lunch with her.
In another phase of my life working at a YMCA in South Dakota I played basketball with on a regular basis Erik Piatowski (played in the NBA for the Clippers and possibly another team or 2) when he was a teenager and when in college.
When I was managing a night club I met many groups from 80's ( I was managing in 1993-1996) and we often had 80's bands since many were looking for gigs and money still to make. Bands such as Survivor, The Jets, Firehouse, Great White, and the like. Too many to name....in 3 years we had at least a concert every 3 weeks with an 80's band.
I also was blessed with meeting Eddie Guerrero several years ago at a famliy wedding.
But my best meeting was upon return from duty in the 1st Persian Gulf war I was privledged to have a medal given to me at a cermony attended by the George Bush Sr. After the cermony he spoke to each of us...and for me personally we talked about 15 minutes. To have the leader of the most powerful nation on the planet talk with reverence about me, and gave his gratitude to me and treated me as an equal is an event I will never forget.
Rob
