Ever Had a Brush with Fame?

Being in radio, I'm afforded the opportunity to meet many bands and sometimes even actors, professional athletes etc. I recently read a post on The Chive where people had run ins with some famous people and the famous person couldn't care less. Well, I've had a few meetings go like that. Some VERY awkward meetings.

For instance, I was going to the bathroom backstage at a venue, years ago and Carlos Cavazo (the guitarist from Quiet Riot) walks up and uses the stall next to me. I said, "Hey, Carlos." and he says, "Hey." and that was pretty much it. So, I walk out of the bathroom and run right into Kevin Dubrow (Lead singer of Quiet Riot) I said, "Hey, you're Kevin Dubrow." and his response was, "Yep. No sh*t." Needless to say, they were on the down swing of their popularity and playing a small club so, I'm still not sure why I got attitude. Either way, I slammed my beer right there and put the can on the table he was sitting on and I let out a pretty good belch and walked away. I WANTED to say, "Throw that away for me." but thought better of it.

Also years ago, I met Corky from the TV show, "Life Goes On." He was pretty stand-offish. Yikes.

Flash forward a few years later and Alice in Chains were playing Rock Fest. After the show, William DuVall was hanging out backstage so I asked if my friend and I could get a picture with him. After a long show, I'm sure the last thing he wanted to do was get a picture with a couple fan boys but he obliged. My friend hands over his camera to someone and he snaps the picture. There was no flash. So, we ask him to take another and sure enough, no flash. Couldn't even make out anyone's face. So we apologize for bothering him. He says, "No problem." and we leave it at that.

Until 5 minutes later, after messing with his camera, "HEY! The flash works. Let's go get another picture." We were pretty hammered at the time and I thought, "What the hell. Why not?" So we go ask William again and by this time, he's getting pretty irritated. "Yeah. C'mon." he says. Click...no flash. "DAMN IT" I yell. William DuVall getting pretty frustrated with us at this point and I said, "One more!" CLICK-Flash! Picture taken and now I can't find the picture anywhere. So, Here's one of me and John Leinenkugel.