[caspersvapors]

[LazyLightnin]

all these years and noone's had the heart to tell him short shorts arent popular anymore...

[HOWEYMAN]

If I was walking thru Cedar Pointe (for example) and saw Bobby on a horse or whatever, It would take all of me not to walk up and say hello and try and get a handshake. How would you people react? I wonder how much he and the rest of the gang get picked when in such a pubic arena like an amusement park. I would not want to bother him at all for respect, but man it would be hard not to...He is the musician (and person) I would like to me and hang out with for a while if I had my choice.

[ebick]

I've seen Bob "out of context" once. He did not appear to have any issue with my simple hello and thank you. Can't imagine he ever would under normal circumstances.

[Crazy 9.5 Fingers]

I met him in '95, after Ratdog show, shortly after the end of all things good. He was surrounded by a bunch of people, being cordial and signing autographs and what not and I popped over and said "Hey Bob, are you taking on any students after the tour?" He stood up from bending over signing a few autographs, and looked over my way and looked at me, separating himself from the small crowd of people around him and replied "Well, what kind of student are you talking about man" in that classic, deep tenor voice of his. Had I been gay or a female, I might have been turned on, but you know what I mean. I was excited. I then replied, "Well. kind of a guitar slash student of life philosophy student" He laughed, then we chatted a bit about his travels to the East, his plans and what not, all in all, he was the man. very cool, and definitely seemed to like me the most out of all the people surrounding him. I then let him go deal with the crowd, thanked him for all the music, and he put his hand out for me to shake it. I did, that is my Bob story. Definitely blows away the story I mentioned here a few weeks back about meeting Mike Gordon.

[wisedyes]

If I ever saw Bobby somewhere, I would certainly have to say hello and thank him for the music and the fun. After all, I've helped pay for his kid's future college educations quite a few times over, ya know?

But still, I think as long as you kept it cool, and weren't all bug-eyed and ga ga over him ( or any of the other guys ), I have always heard they are very cool with the head base.

[HOWEYMAN]

I met him in '95, after Ratdog show, shortly after the end of all things good. He was surrounded by a bunch of people, being cordial and signing autographs and what not and I popped over and said "Hey Bob, are you taking on any students after the tour?" He stood up from bending over signing a few autographs, and looked over my way and looked at me, separating himself from the small crowd of people around him and replied "Well, what kind of student are you talking about man" in that classic, deep tenor voice of his. Had I been gay or a female, I might have been turned on, but you know what I mean. I was excited. I then replied, "Well. kind of a guitar slash student of life philosophy student" He laughed, then we chatted a bit about his travels to the East, his plans and what not, all in all, he was the man. very cool, and definitely seemed to like me the most out of all the people surrounding him. I then let him go deal with the crowd, thanked him for all the music, and he put his hand out for me to shake it. I did, that is my Bob story. Definitely blows away the story I mentioned here a few weeks back about meeting Mike Gordon.

I guess the only thing cooler then that would hime saying "yea sure, step on the bus and we'll jam a while before I have to head out." I would proably have to slap my own self in the face at that point just to make sure I didn't wake up.

[hesgone95]

I dunno about Bobby but I worked in Borders Books in San Rafael over christmas of '98 and met Phil. I found him very down to earth and willing to chat a bit. As someone stated earlier, I think it has a lot to do with how you approach them. I just said something along the lines of 'hey Phil howya doin' man?', and he was very cool. I mentioned a specific show I was groovin' on frequently at the time and while he obviously didn't remember it, he was very cool. It was a brief yet plesant exchange. He chatted with myself and a couple of other coworkers about music and such and then we left him to his shopping. I'm sure they are all very used to heads recognizing and approaching them in public. And I would imagine that most heads are pretty chill, the stars in the eyes aren't glowing too brightly y'know?

[ebick]

Everytime I open this thread to read responses I am laughing my ass off. The thread titile with that picture........that's great, man.

[shakedown_04092]

I met Bob back in 2000, I think it was. I was bringing my sister to her first Ratdog show (or any jam band for that matter). We were walking up Congress St. in Portland (Maine) and there were a few heads hanging out on the street, about 100 yards from the venue, and one of them said "Hey, you wanna see Bobby?" and I told him we were going to the show, already had tickets, and he said "no, I mean do you wanna see Bobby?" and pointed me to the restaurant we were standing in front of. Well, the windows were all covered in newspaper, but there was one little spot where they missed, and as I peered inside, sure enough, there's Bobby eating dinner with a cute blonde girl, probably late 30's to mid-40's (or at least that's how old she looked). There was only 4 or 5 other people in the place, all of whom were accompanying him, and none of which were in the band, from what I remember.

We stuck around for a few minutes, and as he walked out, I just stood there looking at him, kind of struck, I guess, as the other 5 or 6 kids all said "Hi" and "Hey Bob, can you play such and such?". As he walked up toward the venue, I realized I was standing right in his path, so as he approached, I snapped out of it, said "Thanks for everything Bob" and gave him a hug. That was it. My sister also gave him a hug, but she was speechless the whole time. Being up here in Maine, you don't get to see to many "famous" people all that often.

But anyways, it was a cool experience nonetheless, and one I'm glad I had. I really wish I had more time than I did, like Crazy 9.5 Fingers had mentioned in his post. I think it's really cool you asked him about lessons, because had he not been obvious in his manor about getting off the main street and to the bus, I would've liked to have asked the same exact question, just to see if he'd say exactly what you said "sure, hop on the bus, let's jam for an hour!"

THAT would be something....really would be something....

[confusions_prince]

Everytime I open this thread to read responses I am laughing my ass off. The thread titile with that picture........that's great, man.

I was avoiding this thread because of the title... That picture is CLASSIC. Great topic.

Seems to me that most of the Dead family are not superstars but super musicians. They're real people.

The basic rule, then, for meeting famous people is don't be a fangirl and hope whoever you're meeting isn't an egomaniac. No Bobby stories yet, but RatDog are coming to town. You never know...

[confusions_prince]

Oh, also, there are some pics from a Novato ranch circa 1969 (Ace's?) where everyone is riding horses.

[weedar]

Shakedown, even though I envy you to hell and back I keep seeing those
hugs as quite akward. I mean, total strangers giving him a hug, with
little or no talk on beforehand. It sounds like you jumped him.

(but I'd probably do the same if I ever met him, or worse!)

[shakedown_04092]

Shakedown, even though I envy you to hell and back I keep seeing those
hugs as quite akward. I mean, total strangers giving him a hug, with
little or no talk on beforehand. It sounds like you jumped him.

(but I'd probably do the same if I ever met him, or worse!)

I'm sure he's used to hugs by now, I mean the guys' pushing 60. It's not like I went at him and mugged him for it either. And I don't regret that day one bit. I would've regretted it had I been an ass and hounded him or been drunk or something and acted like an idiot, but not for giving him a hug and saying "thanks".