62strat said:
Philo B 93 said:
HollywoodBQ said:
It's possible that somebody on here could be affected but it's kind of unlikely for two reasons.
- Pacific Palisades and Malibu are a very small percentage of the total area.
- Most of the folks who live there off PCH are ultra-wealthy so, we probably don't know them first hand.
Even with all my running around with Rock & Rollers, I only wound up at a house party in the Hollywood Hills looking down at the lights of LA, exactly once. Partied with an adult film actress in West Hollywood once. But, I've been to many house parties in The San Fernando Valley and even Redondo Beach. Poker home games in Anaheim, Duarte, Burbank, etc. Point is, nobody in Malibu or Pacific Palisades is inviting me over.
Hey Hollywood BQ, you've got some interesting stories. Why not drop a few names?
lol.
This dude has dropped plenty of names!
True. Only scratched the surface.
Running around in LA (and keep in mind, this was all through sheer happenstance because my next door neighbor was a professional musician) was a lot of fun but at the end of the day, these folks are just people like anybody else.
Since most of them have to get up on stage in front of thousands of fans in a crowd, they might have some interesting personalities. Frankly, not any different than folks from my time in the Aggie Band, in fact, we had some real weirdos in the Aggie Band (no surprise, I know).
You meet all kinds. Some nice, some not, some intelligent, some not. Some of them surprise you, some don't.
If there was one guy who was a great storyteller who I'd like to hang with and just listen to his tales, it would be Juan Croucier the bass player from Ratt (and the original line-up for Dokken).
Obviously the nicest guy ever was Ronnie James Dio. But, in fairness to stories out there, I was just a fan/friend, I wasn't in a business relationship with him. That would probably give me a different perspective. It was kind of like the difference between buying a product / owning a stock, versus being an employee of the company.
One thing I learned for certain, it's a lot easier to be a fan than it is to be a friend. Kind of like being a Texas A&M Football Fan, it's a lot easier to just wear the t-shirt.