We've all heard stories about musicians blowing off fans. This is a something clever and different.
Paul Bostaph is currently on tour with Slayer. Before each performance, he's hiding a pair of his signature drumsticks somewhere in the venue and giving a hint via Facebook.
For tonight's performance at the Abbotsford Centre in British Columbia:
(And sadly I didn't find any during their Orlando visit.)
A while back I ordered some music from the Dollyrots' website. There was a problem with one of the digital album download codes, and when I emailed them about it, I got an apology from their lead singer and a freed download code for a second album.
I ordered a greatest hits cd from Tourniquet a few years ago and they sent an autographed laminated crew lanyard from 1989. It was so cool.
some musicians are great. When Willy Nelson was in town, they ushered all the hands out from behind the venue and down a hall. We all know of artists that don't want the crews to see them when they come off stage (Madonna, Bieber, and Dixie chicks come to mind) but instead of us being ushered away so he couldn't see us, we were lined up so he could shake each and everybody's hands to thank us for a job well done.
Sting is the same way, he regularly eats with the crew and often wanders around the venue to see how things are doing and meet people.
The best was Paul Simon. I was "standing in" for him on stage during the climb and focus. He came wandering up, saw what they were doing, and with a sly and mischievous smile on his face told me: "you're too tall"
I saw Charlie Robison back around '05, he played a small venue in a college town during Christmas break so campus was dead, and the bar/concert had maybe 1/4 of the turn out you would normally expect. I was in grad school and had to work even though classes were over for the semester, so I was still in town to make the show.
Having so few folks there made the show even better, I've seen him half a dozen times, but at this show he was casually chatting with folks in the audience, taking requests, and people were buying and handing him drinks right on stage.
He played his full set, and then some, and said he'd be at his little merchandise kiosk to sign autographs and meet fans after the show.
He did take his sweet time to come back out after the show, so most of the folks who were hanging around to meet him gave up and left.
A few of my friends and I hung out with him for about 20 minutes, shooting the E36 M3, asking questions, and drinking. I don't get star struck, but do appreciate his music, and was happy to meet him.
I was a young pup.
He was still married to one of the Dixie Chicks at that point in time. Based on some of the stories he freely divulged about his "on tour activities," I'm not surprised that relationship didn't last.
Tommy Emmanuel regularly gives impromptu guitar lessons to the audience during his live performances.
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