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I have met Tony Levin and we spoke for quite a while.  Also hung out with Ozric Tentacles once, Gong many times (and Daevid did artwork for my CD), Nik Turner while on tour with him, Harvey Bainbridge while on tour with him, met Annie Haslam and met Paul Whitehead. 

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i got my right shoe autographed by mike portnoy
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I was quite close to the stage at the Flower Kings gig in 2003 and at Pain of Salvation's gig in 2005.

I was late from a Dream Theater autograph session.

 
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Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

I think King Of Loss stalks Daniel Gildenlow.



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I think King Of Loss stalks Daniel Gildenlow.
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Originally posted by Single Coil Single Coil wrote:

He played about five songs. All on an acoustic guitar with no band. All were new, except the last one which was "Three of a Perfect Pair". It was the most complex thing I ever saw a guitar player sing and do at the same time.



Yeah I saw him play that too. It was pretty impressing

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Originally posted by emersontarkus23 emersontarkus23 wrote:

Yeah, that is disturbing. Why would you have a wet dream about Rick Wakeman? Dream about jamming on stage with him, sure, but a wet dream?

Stern SmileRelax! He probably just fell asleep in the bath...

 

or maybe even on a leaky waterbed! Ermm
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Adrian Belew was playing in a bar and I went there to see him. As I was walking up to the club, I noticed Adrian and another guy standing just outside the front door talking. I went to walk past them and said something like "Hi, duh, your Adrian Belew, you're so great, etc". He just smiled, held open the door for me, and said, "...and let me introduce you.... to the club !" It was like his super polite way of saying that I had to keep moving... I thought it was cool.

He played about five songs. All on an acoustic guitar with no band. All were new, except the last one which was "Three of a Perfect Pair". It was the most complex thing I ever saw a guitar player sing and do at the same time.

Later, he autographed my "Desire of the Rhino King" CD... which I still treasure to this day. He was really cool to me again when he signed it. He would have won me over as a fan if I wasn't already one !
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Saw Rush in Milwaukee on the Vapor Trails tour. Had the best seats I've ever gotten for a major (arena-size) concert, second row right in front of Geddy.

That was cool enough, but during one of the solo sections, Alex wandered over to my side of the stage to jam with Geddy. He starts hamming it up a bit for the crowd, and looked right at me. In my best aging dork style, I pointed at him and mouthed the phrase "You the man!"; he dropped his hands to his sides very quickly and shrugged his shoulders with a "Who me? Aw shucks" kind of look on his face and went back to playing without missing a beat.

Highlight of my sad sad life. Well...highlight of my musical life at least...

I haven't met any major prog players, but I did shake hands and chat with the guys from King's X on a couple of occasions; semi-prog maybe. They play mainly clubs and bars these days and are quite sociable with the fans (well, sometimes Ty Tabor doesn't stick around for the meet & greets, I think he's shy).

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Then there was the time I met that Camel clone band:

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I´ve been met:

  • Alan Parsons (and says hi!)
  • Godfrey Townsend (got an autograph)
  • PJ Olsson (got an autograph)
  • Matráz (got an autograph)
  • Tryo (got an autograph)
  • Evolución (got an autograph)
  • Toccata (got an autograph)
  • Premiata Forneria Marconi
  • Akineton Retard (got an autograph)
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    Points: 12600     		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2006 at 22:25

    I once hit the dude from Green Day-

    they're prog...right?



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    Points: 77     		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2006 at 22:23
    Yeah, that is disturbing. Why would you have a wet dream about Rick
    Wakeman? Dream about jamming on stage with him, sure, but a wet dream?
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    Points: 1864     		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2006 at 22:16
    Originally posted by Rashikal Rashikal wrote:

    i had a wet dream about rick wakeman


    Now that's just disturbing.
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    Points: 77     		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2006 at 21:42
    I have been, I dunno, 20 feet away from Robert Fripp during a 2003 King
    Crimson concert at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. I thought it was a heavy
    contrast how Adrian Belew had about 50 lights on him and Robert had a
    little work light on him while he made guitar magic. All the more to suit his
    reclusive nature, I guess. That was a concert which I will not forget!

    No autographs, though....I wasn't able to meet them, either...
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    met Banks (twice)-Rutherford-Collins & Gabriel from the G
    met Eno (in the World Trade Center)
    met Peter Hammill
    met Kate Bush
    met Laurie Anderson
    "Some of you are going to die... martyrs, of course, to the Freedom I will provide!"
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    Points: 881     		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2006 at 21:36
    Peter Noone ftw!

    A few feet away, getting an autograph...

    ... Why did I just called Peter Noone a prog great? *smacks head*


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    Points: 1043     		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2006 at 21:29
    Shook hands with Ray Weston of Echolyn after a great concert of them.

    Was on a photo with Vinnie Kavanaugh of Anathema because my girlfriend Antennas thinks they
    are the best band that ever were and she managed  to get us together on this photo .
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