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I met Phil Collins at Ikea in Switzerland. We were both sitting on the steps to the staircase up to the show area waiting for our better halves. It was so normal I didn't recognize him at first. He was very pleasant.
I have also met Richard Trethewey the plumber from This Old House. Another really nice person.
I worked on one of his concerts in the 1970s. Great musician, great performance, total pr*ck. His road crew were really nice, however.
In the late 80s, my friends and I were standing next to him watching the Halloween parade in Greenwich Village. Since there were a lot of people in costumes, we joked that it was just a guy in a really good Lou Reed mask.
I was never a huge fan, so I didn't make any effort to talk to him.
Singer Melanie (Woodstock) met her in Clearwater nice gal ,Richie Havens ( most humble individual and very kind). The Brothers Four ( great guys). Steve Allen ( at a book signing . I was the last person so we
talked. He was a genius and sooooo funny! Tom Chapin ( gave him a copy of my published poem titled
"HC Harry Chapin".
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Hard for me to meet famous people living where I do and where I've lived in the past, but when I lived in the Miami, Florida area back in the early 2000's I think I saw Dr. J (Julius Irving, former basketball player). I was driving to work and he had just walked out the front door of a hotel with a couple other guys. He saw that I noticed him and gave a dirty look and turned his head sideways away from me like he was ticked off. Honestly, not even sure it was him but it certainly looked like him.
That's not really 'meeting a celebrity' but it's the closest I've come, except......maybe.....
Also when I lived in the Miami area, Hialeah actually, I am convinced Jennifer Lopez called me at about 1am once. Understand, when I was in the military I had some friends from Puerto Rico and later I even lived there for a year and a half before moving to Florida. My friend and his wife had moved to Hialeah shortly before I did and he and I joked about J. Lo a couple of times. He thought she was overrated, and I told him if she was standing there right now he would think differently.
Fast forward a year or so later, after my friend and his wife had moved back to Puerto Rico, when I woke up to the phone call that sounded just like Jennifer Lopez. Even being half asleep I recognized the voice. She played it off by asking for someone else, and I told her she had the wrong number. She apologized, but it sounded more like she called my number intentionally and wanted to hear me speak for some reason.
The next morning I looked at my caller id, it said J. Lopez. It's improbable but not impossible that somehow my friend met Jennifer on the island and told her about me. He was a salesman so spent time in different environments, poor, rich, etc., and he also enjoyed going to the casinos and night spots on the island. I'm just saying, it's not out of the question that he met her, joked with her about me, and gave her my number. Later when she was in Miami she may have called it out of curiosity. And when he lived in Hialeah he worked as a security guard at one of the hospitals in Miami, and told me about meeting famous people, including Shaquille O'Neal. He may have met her there and had a conversation with her.
Sometimes I think it's better not to meet famous people or hear their prejudiced views on certain issues. I was a fan of a certain singer, but his recent comments on a particular issue ticked me off. Now I have a little different opinion of the person.
I worked on one of his concerts in the 1970s. Great musician, great performance, total pr*ck. His road crew were really nice, however.
I am always going to admire and respect Lou Reed, the musician. I often watch him perform with David Bowie on YouTube, "Waiting For The Man", etc.
It's just as well I never got the chance to meet him, as another member stated. We don't want our memories to be affected.
After I met John Lennon when I was 14, I never thought about him in the same way again, it's as if part of my innocence died and shattered. I still love his music, though, with or without the Beatles, but part of me wishes I'd never met him.
I met Phil Collins at Ikea in Switzerland. We were both sitting on the steps to the staircase up to the show area waiting for our better halves. It was so normal I didn't recognize him at first. He was very pleasant.
I have also met Richard Trethewey the plumber from This Old House. Another really nice person.
Back in 1976, I went to a Genesis concert. My boyfriend at the time had a summer job at the time at a newspaper, and he had a press pass. We could have gone backstage, but I was thirsty (!) so we gave the pass to a friend of mine. He went backstage but Phil was in the shower, so he left.
Singer Melanie (Woodstock) met her in Clearwater nice gal ,Richie Havens ( most humble individual and very kind). The Brothers Four ( great guys). Steve Allen ( at a book signing . I was the last person so we
talked. He was a genius and sooooo funny! Tom Chapin ( gave him a copy of my published poem titled
"HC Harry Chapin".
What an interesting bunch you met! Didn't Melanie sing "Candles In The Rain" and "Brand New Key"?
Richie Havens did a cover of "Here Comes The Sun", didn't he?
I've heard of Brothers Four and just did a quick search, not sure if I remember them, though I remember one or two songs that they recorded, including "Yellow Bird".
Steve Allen? That must have been so interesting to have met him, lucky you!
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It's improbable but not impossible that somehow my friend met Jennifer on the island and told her about me. He was a salesman so spent time in different environments, poor, rich, etc., and he also enjoyed going to the casinos and night spots on the island. I'm just saying, it's not out of the question that he met her, joked with her about me, and gave her my number. Later when she was in Miami she may have called it out of curiosity. And when he lived in Hialeah he worked as a security guard at one of the hospitals in Miami, and told me about meeting famous people, including Shaquille O'Neal. He may have met her there and had a conversation with her. 
