Meeting your hero's......

FastEddie · March 13

So, I am getting meet one of my hero's for the umpteenth time soon.
I have bought one of his guitar straps and he's passing by and has offered to drop it into me on the way!

Name; Snail Pace Slim.

Did I say I'm excited? Jeepers I am!

Gary Moore played my LP Custom Shop 58, leftie, in GAK. Upside down!
I nearly cried it was dream like.

They say never meet yours but I want to hear the sound of names clanging on the floor..

theatreanchor · March 13

I’m sorry. But it’s heroes.

dazzajl · March 13

theatreanchor said:

I’m sorry. But it’s heroes.

Not necessarily. I’ve met David Gilmour’s bass player a time or two.

viz · March 13

Slim’s a lovely guy! They all are. See if you can get the hamstercaster too.

I had sausages with Rat Scabies once.

blobb · March 13

I went round to Richard Sinclair's house once, but he wasn't in, he was out pricing up a kitchen fitting job. I met his wife Heather and she was lovely. She made me a cup of tea and showed me her new pottery kiln.

His bass (that his dad Dick Sinclair made) was hanging up on the wall in the lounge and they were drying out the Hatfield and the North master tapes by the gas fire ready for a compilation of rare stuff they were planning to issue. I stumbled into the fireplace by accident and almost toasted the tapes.

Offset · March 13

Ha! I bought a pedal from Slim a while back. He's one of my heroes too, and although we didn't meet in person he came across as a really nice guy.

I did however meet one of my heroes for a beer a couple of years ago - Steve Cropper :-)

thermionic · March 13

theatreanchor said:

I’m sorry. But it’s heroes.

This peaked my interest because comments like this are highly sort after. I should of thought of it myself, top draw!

GoFish · March 13

Jesus H - you met Cropper?! Spill please.

boogieman · March 13

Slim is indeed a very nice bloke. I saw he’d put some straps up for sale recently, take it it’s one of the ones with musical notes on?

I was a huge fan of the Hamsters and saw them dozens of times all over the country. I’ve got various bits and pieces signed by Slim and the band. Andy (Zsa Zsa) the bassist is a mate and came to our wedding.

ESBlonde · March 13

I've done sound for the hamsters a couple of times, nice guys.
I met Paul shuttleworth (Kursal flyers) who wrote little does she know. A very nice guy. Did sound with him in the Ugly guys.
A real pleasure was Big Jim Sullivan the session guitarist, Mild mannered and kind in the extreem.
I chickened out on meeting Nile Rodgers when I had access all areas for one of his concerts. Sometimes it's best not to break the spell at least that's what I told myself.

viz · March 13

ESBlonde said:

I met Paul shuttleworth (Kursal flyers) who wrote little does she know. A very nice guy. Did sound with him in the Ugly guys.

@Emp_Fab ’s favourite song.

boogieman · March 13

ESBlonde said:

I've done sound for the hamsters a couple of times, nice guys.
I met Paul shuttleworth (Kursal flyers) who wrote little does she know. A very nice guy. Did sound with him in the Ugly guys.
A real pleasure was Big Jim Sullivan the session guitarist, Mild mannered and kind in the extreem.
I chickened out on meeting Nile Rodgers when I had access all areas for one of his concerts. Sometimes it's best not to break the spell at least that's what I told myself.

Slim was in the Kursaals for a while too, pre Hamsters.

FastEddie · March 13

boogieman said:

Slim is indeed a very nice bloke. I saw he’d put some straps up for sale recently, take it it’s one of the ones with musical notes on?

I was a huge fan of the Hamsters and saw them dozens of times all over the country. I’ve got various bits and pieces signed by Slim and the band. Andy (Zsa Zsa) the bassist is a mate and came to our wedding.

I can't recall which I bought. All I know is that it's purple.

Offset · March 13

GoFish said:

Jesus H - you met Cropper?! Spill please.

PM'd and beans spilled :-)

theatreanchor · March 13

thermionic said:

theatreanchor said:

I’m sorry. But it’s heroes.

This peaked my interest because comments like this are highly sort after. I should have thought of it myself, top draw!

Next time, don’t use so much glue.

m_c · March 13

I could name drop plenty mountain bikers, and some other cyclists.

However Ryan Leech is probably the one I'd most likely class as a Hero. He was doing what Danny MacAskill does, long before Danny ever started filming. (13) Ryan Leech in Kranked 6 Progression - YouTube or there was his Praque videos, but I can't remember what film they were part off.

I've told Mark Beaumont that his name wasn't on an entry list, and asked if he was sure that he had entered the event. Until somebody nudged me, and I actually looked up and realised who it was, as he had been the guest speaker the night before.
At the next event I seen Mark at, he asked me if I wanted his name or not

Danny MacAskill is a sound guy, and I've been at a few events we've both been working at. Although the most memorable chat I had with him, was out mountainbiking with a mate, and we bumped into him. I had a quick chat with him, discussed a couple trails, and he headed off. I turned to look at the mate, who was stood completely awestruck, and all he could mutter was, "You know Danny?"

ToneControl · March 14

I went to see Roy Harper at a one-off studio/TV filming performance at a studio.
The deal was he sat a table and you could go and have a chat with him afterwards.
I thought it was a bit artificial, what would I say that was normal conversation and/or that he hadn't heard before, and so thought he'd appreciate one less person to have to entertain.

manicguitarist · March 14

I've shared a few beers with Bruce Dickinson.
It was a 2 day fencing competition with a meal the evening after day 1.
He's a lovely bloke. Very intense but completely unpretentious.
Happy to buy the beers, happy to have a beer bought for him. No "treat me like a rockstar" - just happy sitting down after a day's hard exercise and bitching about aches and pains and comparing bruises. Happy taking the piss because I smelled of deep heat ("Ah - here's Mark, I could smell him before he arrived") - and happy having the piss taken out of him (my reply: "At least I smell like I had a shower").
Top bloke.

maltingsaudio · March 14

Does this count?

boogieman · March 14

maltingsaudio said:

Does this count?

Shame he’s touching the D tuner, or it could’ve been captioned “Tony Blackburn caught fiddling with somebody’s g string”.

Have a wow.

GoFish · March 14

Saw Macca in the street - at that moment just thought, "let the man have a stroll on a Sunday" - feel good about my choices.

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