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Just being in the LA Music Scene and in various bands was full of moments, but as far ones involving known names.....
Tom Petty cut in line in front of me in an Affordable Portables store on Ventura Blvd. This was back in 1995. I was waiting in a line at the counter for about 20 minutes to have a bad pager replaced and right when it was my turn, the guy at the counter just walks away and waits on this blonde haired guy in a denim jacket and his girlfriend who had walked in and were looking at something in the back of the store. Even though he sees people waiting he calls for the clerk to go back and wait on them. I'm standing there thinking "Who is this guy?" Then the counter guy comes back and says, "I'm sorry, it will be a few minutes. That's Tom Petty back there and he kind of takes precedence." The blond haired guy turned around then, and sure enough, it was him or a damn good lookalike.
Other notable moments:
-Lemmy of Motorhead cutting in front of me at a payphone outside the Rainbow on Sunset
-Working at Guitar Center on Sunset in Hollywood for a while and acidentally keeping Neil Schon waiting at the counter for 10 minutes and then not knowing who he was
-Hanging out with a couple of the guys from Tesla at NAMM one year (when I was in the music business)
-One of the bands I sang for was scheduled to open for LA Guns, we sold a ton of tickets based on that; LA Guns cancelled the day of the show and we ended up headlining instead.
Thankfully I am not in the band scene right now. Too much drama.
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