Author Topic: Famous Friends (Read 444 times)

hankster · « **Reply #30 on:** February 02, 2013, 08:56:02 AM »

My daughter managed to catch Rocco backstage at a TOP show and arranged for me to meet him - one of my heroes, for sure!

serialnumber12 · « **Reply #31 on:** February 02, 2013, 09:29:19 AM »

Rocco & Jaco two of the baddest white cats on bass ever!

sonicus · « **Reply #32 on:** February 02, 2013, 09:50:28 AM »

Rocco & Jaco ! Yes_____ They are in my list !

rustyg61 · « **Reply #33 on:** February 02, 2013, 12:13:51 PM »

Richard, I'm ashamed to say that until you posted this picture, I had never really listened to Rocco, but after seeing your picture I checked him out & downloaded his solo CD Everybody On The Bus! He's a killer player! Thanks for sharing & enlightening me!

pauldo · « **Reply #34 on:** February 02, 2013, 02:30:18 PM »

I would like to call these guys friends but really they were just kind enough to let me have a pic taken with them. I should really stop pursueing this as I look like a deer in the headlights in all of the shots . . . star struck!! :-D I don't remember the dates on all of these: Stan and me

Mike Watt and me from the Shine Box tour

Les Claypool and me

Watt and Me from the Hyphonated Man tour

Victor and me when he and Stan played the Northern Lights Theater two years ago??

rustyg61 · « **Reply #35 on:** February 02, 2013, 05:39:56 PM »

Great pix Pauldo! Thanks for sharing!

peoplechipper · « **Reply #36 on:** February 02, 2013, 10:51:06 PM »

Cool pics Pauldo, but Damn, they show the march of time, especially the Mike Watt ones(cool you've met him though)...it's funny how you don't FEEL that much different then you're presented with the photographic evidence...I still don't look my age or act it, but I AM aging...poop...

peoplechipper · « **Reply #37 on:** February 02, 2013, 11:06:26 PM »

I almost forgot about another obscure famous friend...Flipper! my Dad at the time of the Robertson wedding was the manager of a shopping center(Chuck Robertson managed a shoe store, that's why Robbie was there) anyway, a large above ground pool was temporarily placed in the parking lot and Flipper the dolphin was there for some kind of promotional tour; I got to pet and feed Flipper...I've got a cool story about Mr. Dressup, but that's probably a Canadian only story...

pauldo · « **Reply #38 on:** February 04, 2013, 12:12:31 PM »

Funny how Mike got older and I didn't! :-D
I grew up watching Flipper, it must have been a thrill meeting him(?) in 'person'.

My friend in Whitby sent me this picture of Mr. Dressup, Casey and Finnegin -

The Mister Rogers of the Great North

peoplechipper · « **Reply #39 on:** February 04, 2013, 10:47:12 PM »

PAULDO!!!!!

AWESOME! that picture is SO PERFECT it's not funny; I am stunned....Anyway, my story...my Dad became friends with Ernie Coombs(Mr.Dressup)when my Dad managed his first shopping center in Mississauga(yeah, where the Robbie Robbertson thing happened)...anyway, for my fifth birthday I think, Mr Dressup gave me one of his records, but he made a personal cover with cartoon birthday wishes from him, Casey and Finnigan...on a brown outer wrapper but one of a kind...sadly the cover and album are long lost, as is Ernie...I can still picture the sleeve in my mind...I would love to see that cover again, just to have evidence of one's life from that far back; lots gets lost as we move along...Tony.