Spinoff from OT: Nice/Rude musicians you've met

Kermit Ruffins is cool as shite

I met Peter Cetera and he was really nice. I sang a few lines of "If You Leave Me Now" for him. I think he's shy because he seemed a little uncomfortable.

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I sang a few lines of "If You Leave Me Now" for him. I think he's shy because he seemed a little uncomfortable.

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Because when you meet Peter Cetera, it's like "How am I not going to sing the first few lines of "If you leave me now" to him...I admit I would do something like this as well.

LeeRoy Parnell - aloof, but good dude.

T Graham Brown - super nice guy

John Rich and Big Kenny from Big and Rich - really nice welcoming guys.

Jim James was awesome (from what I remember of the night)
I sat next to Stanton Moore on a flight and he was a nice dude, but some people have mixed experiences
Jakob Dylan is a jackass
Ben Jaffe from Preservation Hall is kind of a prick, but we did have a good time with him. Clint is a lot nicer.
The guys from Eve 6 were awesome when I met them as a young teenager. Somehow ended up backstage at their show and they were more than happy to let us hang with them.

Kirk Hammett - I only talked to him over the phone, but he seems like a super nice guy. My mom called me when she was at a restaurant in NYC to tell me Metallica was eating there. Before I could stop her, I hear her walking over to their table and begging them for an autograph, etc. (I was mortified). She shoves the phone in his hand and he graciously talked to me for thirty seconds before signing an autograph for me.

I've met Jim James-super chill, I was blitzed

Posted this in the other thread.

Cool musicians I have met were members of Grateful Dead (Weir, Lesh, Hart, and Billy K.), Joe Perry was super cool, sat on flight in first class from LA to Dallas next to Smokey Robinson, and Charlie Watts was super nice and friendly in a reserved British way....met quite a few lesser names...hung out and partied with the Violent Femmes one night.....oh, and briefly met Flea from the Chili Peppers once.

Douchebags: REM although Bill Berry was OK...and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth is a total a-hole but expected no less.

In the middle: Henry Rollins who is just an intimidating looking dude who you wouldn't want to make chit chat with......wasn't necessarily an a-hole but not approachable to say the least.

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I used to work at a hotel close to a music venue and artists stayed there all the time. Usually their manager came in, got he keys for everyone, and the artists would sneak to their room, especially the big names. Many even stayed under aliases. Anyway, the night Biggie stayed there, his crew rolled into the parking lot at 8 that morning demanding their rooms. We were able to get them into 3 of their 5 reserved rooms, but of course the suite Biggie wanted wasn't available. The prior guest had not even checked out yet. He was a jerk about it and claimed it was because he was black. Later that afternoon, they were smoking hella blunts in one of the rooms, and I called the manager asking if they could be a little more discreet with it. You could literally smell it on the entire hallway. This was back when there were smoking and non-smoking rooms, and they were in a smoking room, so the smoke wasn't a concern, just the weed smell. He gave the entire staff an attitude the entire time, and of course the next morning all the rooms were trashed.


I left one off the nice list. Harry Bellafonte is literally one of the nicest guys I've ever met. It was amazing how out of his way he went to speak to the entire hotel staff, and it was genuine.

Over the years Ive met many and I'd say that most of those experiences were good..

Greg Dulli, can be an arrogant prick at times

Some of my favorites...

Dave Catching is an awesome guy.. and Sean Yseult is a super sweet and cool person!

Linda Davis invited me and a buddy to fly back to Nashville with her and her band. Her manager didn't look thrilled with the idea, though.