So, talking about brushes with famous folk, I thought I'd tell a tale here from a few years back, that has a hilarious (and completely true) ending.
I used to work in an used bookstore in Tucson, AZ. One day Stephen Tyler walked in. This would have been in the "Pump," era. It was a large store, but nobody seemed to notice him initially, so I went up and asked him if he needed help. I'm not a huge Aerosmith fan, but it was still pretty neat to see him there....so whatever. I asked him to sign a record or two for the store (we sold used LPs too), and he said he would if I helped him locate a few items. He had a list of about 5 CDs and books, and we didn't have a one of them. One was a Zydeco CD, one was a book called Prince of Thieves by Francois somebody. Anyway, the more I showed him around the store, the more a crowd gathered. Two mangerial-type-suit-guys were with him, and one of them said, "We better speed this along as once the crowd starts it just gets bigger....yada yada." So we wrapped it up. He'd been there for about ten minutes.
Now, I had a friend working there at the time who was the most sarcastic mother scratcher I may have ever known. He was reeeeeally unimpressed with Stephen Tyler being in the store in a sort of "oh la de frickin' da," way. He was working at the info desk, which is directly in line with the front door as you walk in. Soooo, Stephen Tyler is walking out of the store, and at this point pretty much every single person in the store is aware of him (and there are alot of people in the store, it's a BIG store). As every head was turning to watch this famous person leave, there was an odd silence really. Stephen Tyler being the focal point of attention just then. Just as he reached the automatic doors to leave, they opened, and my friend at the info desk shouted, really loud, for all to hear, "Hey man! When's Zeppelin getting back together?" Stephen Tyler paused for a moment, looked kind of emberrased and annoyed, and then walked out. It was still silent except for my laughter, which was uncontrollable. I didn't mean it as disrespect, but I just thought that was sooo funny and strangely brave. That guy was a god. Haha. It was awesome.
Anyway, my Stephen Tyler story.
All true.
I used to work in an used bookstore in Tucson, AZ. One day Stephen Tyler walked in. This would have been in the "Pump," era. It was a large store, but nobody seemed to notice him initially, so I went up and asked him if he needed help. I'm not a huge Aerosmith fan, but it was still pretty neat to see him there....so whatever. I asked him to sign a record or two for the store (we sold used LPs too), and he said he would if I helped him locate a few items. He had a list of about 5 CDs and books, and we didn't have a one of them. One was a Zydeco CD, one was a book called Prince of Thieves by Francois somebody. Anyway, the more I showed him around the store, the more a crowd gathered. Two mangerial-type-suit-guys were with him, and one of them said, "We better speed this along as once the crowd starts it just gets bigger....yada yada." So we wrapped it up. He'd been there for about ten minutes.
Now, I had a friend working there at the time who was the most sarcastic mother scratcher I may have ever known. He was reeeeeally unimpressed with Stephen Tyler being in the store in a sort of "oh la de frickin' da," way. He was working at the info desk, which is directly in line with the front door as you walk in. Soooo, Stephen Tyler is walking out of the store, and at this point pretty much every single person in the store is aware of him (and there are alot of people in the store, it's a BIG store). As every head was turning to watch this famous person leave, there was an odd silence really. Stephen Tyler being the focal point of attention just then. Just as he reached the automatic doors to leave, they opened, and my friend at the info desk shouted, really loud, for all to hear, "Hey man! When's Zeppelin getting back together?" Stephen Tyler paused for a moment, looked kind of emberrased and annoyed, and then walked out. It was still silent except for my laughter, which was uncontrollable. I didn't mean it as disrespect, but I just thought that was sooo funny and strangely brave. That guy was a god. Haha. It was awesome.
Anyway, my Stephen Tyler story.
All true.
