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I recently got to properly spend time with Hugh Cornwell. Given I have been nuts about The Stranglers (strictly 1976 to 1986) since I bought Peaches back in the day - this was a big deal. And have to say that he was warm, charming, funny and super informative/interested.
Hugh signed my copies of Black and White and Nosferatu, and's a very genial host. Plus he played a blinder of a show.
Thrilled from Bath.
Early in the evening I was introduced to Pam St Clement (Pat Butcher - I don't watch Eastenders, but she was nice enough), and the wildlife film-maker Simon King. I think there was a dinner and then lectures from various people, among them Tony FitzJohn. I had no idea who he was until he started talking about his conservation work in Africa with the Adamsons and Elsa the lioness, etc. He was the bloke who helped them and carried on after they died. A lightbulb came on in my head, and later I wandered over to him and thanked him - because of his work in the 70s I got interested in nature and the environment and that's been a big part of my life since then. I said to him that if I hadn't unwittingly been influenced by him, and people like him, I wouldn't have got any qualifications in biology. 'I can't stand biologists', he said, and then explained why before grumpily wandering off. It was a bit weird meeting a hero that I didn't know I had, and then finding out that he was just a fallible human!
I met lots of famous people through family & there friends in the 60s and through work in the 70s.
I met Miles Davis when I was 11 and Jimi Hendrix when I was a teenager round a friends house jamming.
Very saddened by his death a few years back
I have met Rick Derringer a number of times too. First time was hanging around the back door of a club he played at. Very nice guy, took a few photos with us and chatted for about 10 minutes. Have also met him numerous other times at guitar shows. Always friendly and willing to talk.
He has been part of a crew whose aircraft went down on take off, seven killed, he and two others escaped.
I shook his hand and said "thank you sir".
That was meeting a hero for me.
A few years back I met Michael Palin at an event hosted by the Royal Geographical Society. He was charming and far more interested in finding out what had brought us all there than talking about himself.