Steve Hackett - Out of Character?

I saw Steve play during the Defector tour at the Roxy Theater in LA.  At the end of the show, he brought his guitar up to his mouth and did a "Hendrix".  Suddenly he looked shocked and blood was pouring out of his mouth as all of us in the crowd sat stunned. He then smiled very wide and we all realized he had played a joke on us.

Edited by kenmartree - March 18 2008 at 06:40

I'm hoping there are witnesses in PA as I've long lost touch with the friend I went to the concert with. After all it was over 25 years ago. We'll see.

Edited by kenmartree - March 18 2008 at 07:25

This sounds most unusual for Steve. But I do believe it nevertheless. He always likes to entertain and surprise people. This was probably one of those moments.

Nice to hear this story. :)

Well, I remember that Steve once said in an interview , concerning his band GTR, that a difference between Steve Howe and himself was that Howe was a vegetarian and he himself was a meat eater. He then used the example that he used to have miniature bottles of fake blood with him, which he used during the show. He eventually stopped with it because the roadies got sick of it everytime they saw it.