Author Topic: Famous Friends (Read 463 times)

hieronymous · « **Reply #15 on:** January 28, 2013, 05:33:06 PM »

A friend of mine does sound for Victor Wooten, so we got to meet him after a show in Osaka, Japan:

artswork99 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 28, 2013, 05:45:32 PM »

Hey Harry, so you know Jack too! Great guy!

lembic76450 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 28, 2013, 06:59:58 PM »

This is a picture of my band with Garth Hudson at Lupo's quite a while back. We were blessed when he sat in on accordion on Ripple

hieronymous · « **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2013, 10:27:47 PM »

Art, Jack used to hang out with my old band Jiggle the Handle - he eventually became Larry the Light Guy and then became an excellent sound man!

lbpesq · « **Reply #19 on:** January 29, 2013, 08:11:53 AM »

Garth Hudson? Cool!!!!

Bill, tgo

lbpesq · « **Reply #20 on:** January 29, 2013, 06:08:42 PM »

Jimmy Ibbotson from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tommy Chong, and yours truly playing my Ferlembic.

Bill, tgo

rustyg61 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 29, 2013, 06:34:14 PM »

Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong fame??

terrace · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2013, 07:15:02 PM »

Tommy Chong played in Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers who were on Motown Records and was/is a good player

rustyg61 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 29, 2013, 07:34:49 PM »

Thanks Cory!

lbpesq · « **Reply #24 on:** January 29, 2013, 07:47:25 PM »

Not only is he good (he was a pro musician before he was a comedian), he briefly played in the Vancouvers with Jimi Hendrix!

Bill, tgo

rustyg61 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 29, 2013, 08:53:04 PM »

I did not know that! Thanks for the history lesson!

peoplechipper · « **Reply #26 on:** January 30, 2013, 12:38:38 AM »

Rusty, I'd love to meet Robbie again to see if he remembers that, I would've been four or five so 1970-71, the horror of his brother getting married in Mississauga ontario with no good hotels...I have a Tommy Chong story too; years ago('80's) I lived in Deep cove BC outside of Vancouver and one day Tommy Chong and a buddy kayaked up to the government dock just as we were about to smoke a fat one...needless to say we invited them to join in...I doubt he ever says no...Tony

rustyg61 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 30, 2013, 12:42:58 AM »

Smoking weed with Tommy Chong would be like playing golf with Tiger Woods, he's a pro! LOL!

lbpesq · « **Reply #28 on:** January 30, 2013, 07:37:40 AM »

Actually, smoking weed with Tommy Chong was more like playing golf with Willie Nelson. (Let's say there was more than just golf happening).

Bill, tgo

peoplechipper · « **Reply #29 on:** February 01, 2013, 11:06:40 PM »

Probably right...still very strange...think about a bunch of teenagers sitting on a government dock about to smoke a fatty(now in Deep Cove that was normal and no one batted an eye; in fact there was still a LOT of acid around there then, I can assure you, heh heh) but it was still pretty odd to have Tommy Chong show up even though he owned a place in west Vancouver at the time...that's a pretty long kayak paddle...so I would warn that he's stronger and fitter than he looks...