Originally Posted by Fdemetrio
Originally Posted by Brian Austin Whitney
Originally Posted by Fdemetrio
Originally Posted by Brian Austin Whitney
I have had people perform in my basement who have been on tour around the world playing massive stadiums as part of famous bands for decades. There are tons of people like this. I will mention 4 awesome artists: Cindy Alexander who tours with The Bacon Brothers every year for 2 decades. Ed Toth who was part of Vertical Horizon who had the #1 song in the world and opened the 30th anniversary show at Woodstock and subsequently he joined the Doobie Brothers who just now are concluding their careers. Next is Marc VonEm who toured (and still does) with Rob Thomas around the world for nearly 2 decades, sometimes opening, but mostly just being part of the band, playing guitar and singing. Lastly is Bob Malone who tours the world on his own but more notably has toured as John Fogerty's keyboard player for about 15-18 years. They just went in the studio for a new album. These people have all played many dozens of our JPF shows around the country for the past 30 years and also have played at my house as well. It is kind of surreal to see them at major venues with 70K+ at arena shows. I saw Bob play Radio City Music Hall one year and got to hang backstage with all world drummer Kenny Aronoff and briefly with John Fogerty. They are all just regular people. Many do benefits to help fellow artists in trouble. None of they hang with Springsteen, but then BS isn't the end all for most people like he is for some here. I had backstage passes to hang with the E Street Band the year Bruce toured "Born in the USA" and gave them away. He just never appealed to me. He was playing the Hoosier Dome (where the Colts played). They have since built a new stadium.

Lol, to me he is, I understand he's not for everybody, alot of people think music should be fun, not as serious as his.

Live there is nobody better, that's when it gets fun. I've seen him over 30 times

I have friends who used to be big fans and now hate him cause how he got political later on.

Shouldn't change how you feel when you listen. He git big at the right time for me, ten years after brn in USA I turned to his music and found great meaning and understanding In it. It got me through some hard times, and still reminds me of the power of music

He doesn't make great records any more, but the cat is there to listen to

What I still admire about him is his goodness to fans and guys like this. He don't need to support this guy, it's who he is.

Does the same thing in Jersey, visits all the businesses in his hometown , take pictures with fans, never heard of any fan saying he was rude to them. Maybe has been at times, but majority say he's super nice.

And this is a guy who recently made Forbes list of billionaires, hanging out with a artist like that...

He ain't hanging out with Mick Jagger?

You act like all these other artists don't do the same thing? I have hung with all sorts of big named artists, and I have countless friends who are friends with just about any of them. Nils Lofgren is a JPF member and multiple awards nominee. I have chatted with him on the phone. Most musicians are just regular people behind the scenes. A lot of them are shy, that is always surprising, when they can be monsters on stage and blend in with a wall in the dressing room. Sure, there are a few ass-es. But most I have ever run into (minus a couple nutbags) have been super nice. I have gotten to hang at some of their houses (in this case because I am good friends with their good friend, I don't have a ton of massive stars I am that close with anymore (as several have sadly passed away) but I have tons of friends who are directly connected to high profile famous artists. One of my wife's best friends plays guitar with Boston. I spoke with Brad Delp sadly the day before he passed about his side project album he had entered into our awards. (still haunts me). There's only 1 superstar I had really bad experiences with and he is a famous ass to everyone. Most have local artists they are friends with near where they live or grew up. It's really common and normal. People blow these folks up like they are superhuman. They really are "Just Plain Folks." (sometimes in both contexts). We had a hugely famous artist who used ot post here anonymously and there are people still on this site who interacted with him without knowing it. The funniest thing was when a big discussion was happening and coincidentally his name came up and for fun he chimed in and was told he didn't know what he was talking about when he was literally the guy being discussed. He found it hilarious. I miss those days, but alas...

Most important part of your post....Nils Lofgren is a jpf member?

What an amazing talent...singing, harmonies, writing, performing. He already had a good solo career and played fur neil younger crazy horse before joining Bruce.

Bruce coined him" the most overqualified back up guitarist in the world, and the Godfather if the guitar

He plays several instruments masterfully.

This solo is when I realized how awesome he is bit just jamming ut playing to the song, combination of technique and soul and emotion

Tune in around 4.00 of video