Have you ever met anyone famous?

Steve Vai - Steve Vai and me after a concert.
United States
May 26, 2008 10:15pm CST
I met Steve Vai, he's a guitar player who's pretty famous for playing with David Lee Roth and playing his own style. He was also in a movie. Whom ever you met, it would neat to hear about it. Got any pics? See mine below.
4 people like this
16 responses
@shamsta19 (3224)
• United States
27 May 08
A bunch of rap artists. Jeru Da Damaja, Guru, Stickee Fingaz from Onyx, Sadat X from Brand Nubian, Tracy Morgan and me are tight aint seen him in a while, Kid Capri, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambata, Spigg Nice from Da Lost Boyz(hold ya head sun), cant think of no one else right now....
1 person likes this
• United States
27 May 08
I recognize a few of those names, was this all in FL?
1 person likes this
@shamsta19 (3224)
• United States
28 May 08
New York mostly.. Im from The Bronx,NY.
1 person likes this
@shamsta19 (3224)
• United States
28 May 08
oh yeah Darrel Dawkins and Gerald Wilkins from the Knicks both Basketball players...
1 person likes this
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
31 May 08
I haven't met too many famous people. I did meet Mato Nanji, the lead guitarist and vocalist for the band Indigenous, actually I've met them all. I also went to high school with Tommy "the duke" Morrison, an ex heavyweight boxer. He was also in Rocky IV...Don't have any pics. I don't even have my yearbook anymore...lol.
1 person likes this
• United States
31 May 08
Also...I haven't met him before but Garth Brook's lives in a town not far from where I live here in Oklahoma. My cousin is a cook at this restaurant and Garth comes in there all the time, and he says my cousin is his favorite chef....I thought that was neat.
1 person likes this
• United States
31 May 08
Yeah, they are a native american blues band. Really good...yeah, I didn't ever really like him anyway, he always thought he was a big shot in school..lol.
1 person likes this
• United States
31 May 08
I looked up Indigenous, never heard of them, but I'll check them out. Its too bad about Morrison, he did have a good comeback bout with Matt Weishaar though.
@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
31 May 08
Sure have. Michael Jordan rode in my horse and carriage in Chicago once and I met the Oak Ridge Boys when they were performing at the Four Seasons hotel in Chicago. I was actually invited onto their tour bus. Still have their personally autographed pic as well. I met Oprah as well. She really is a kind and caring lady. I just missed meeting Barbra Mandrell as well.
1 person likes this
• United States
31 May 08
MJ Cool! Oprah, Oak Ridge Boys, you've run the gammet of celebrities.
• United States
31 May 08
True but also missed Aerosmith and a bunch of others because I wasn't working when they were around. Guess that's what happens when you take a day off.
1 person likes this
@ellie333 (21016)
27 May 08
I met Gordan Ramsay recently as he came to the marine camp where I work and the put him through his paces whilst also filming for his F Word series. I used to live near a lot of stars in Webridge in Surrey so have also met Sir Cliff Richard, Su Barker, Sir Bob Geldolf to name a few. They are all people at the end of the day. I also know two of Jon Claud Van Damme wives, Darcy and Susanne. Ellie :D
1 person likes this
@ellie333 (21016)
27 May 08
I think he found it pretty tough as they put him through part of their course and he got a bit wet LOL. I would like to meet Lewis Hamilton the F1 driver and also Leon Haslam the motorcycle rider so its motor sports next I think. Ellie :D
1 person likes this
• United States
27 May 08
I wonder if Gordon yelled at any marines? He's intense, I hope he can keep the three Michelin stars he's been awarded. You've met musicians, actors, who next on your list?
1 person likes this
@mentalward (14691)
• United States
27 May 08
I met The Rolling Stones. I won a contest by creating the best banner. Got front-row seats to their concert, too! I have a picture of me with them in my profile pictures. I'm the short one on the right. LOL My hair was shorter then. Actually, my hair is much longer than my profile pic. That was taken about 4 years ago. Guess I should update it, huh?
• United States
27 May 08
Very cool! To update the pic you'll need to see The Rolling Stones again, right?
@mentalward (14691)
• United States
27 May 08
Yes, and I'd love to meet them again and be able to spend some time with them. Well, at the very least, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts. Those two guys were so very nice!
1 person likes this
@Gmdem13 (156)
• United States
31 May 08
Ive actually met a couple people. When i was about 7 years old, my family went on a vacation to Maine, where me and my sister made up a lemonade stand. we wound up selling lemonade to Will Smith, and Jada Pinket. A couple years after that, we were coming home from West Virginia on a family visiting escapade.. and we stopped in some random town to use the bathrooms, when whos walking back to his car but.. Steven King. (hes very creepy looking) then, about 3 years ago, we were in New Haven for my cousin Julie's Yale Graduation, and we had been scheduled to eat at a certain resteraunt. we didnt really know our way aroudn so we stumbled into the wrong resteraunt. this resteraunt was actually baught out for dinner by david caruso(from CSI) for his family because his daughter was graduating with my cousin. of course my crazy aunt had to run up and get an autograph! Oh goodness!
1 person likes this
• United States
31 May 08
Very cool! Mr. MIB and Niobe, that would be fun. Steven King does look creepy, I wonder if he knows? Mr. CSI Miami! Crazy aunts are good for somethings aren't they.
@Gmdem13 (156)
• United States
2 Jun 08
HAHA... good question.. does he know how creepy he looks?? hahas, as for crazy aunts... you never really appreciate there insanity until you get an autograph by a star! :0) haha!
1 person likes this
@as2006 (5040)
• Israel
27 May 08
I worked as an aditor in t.v studios in Herzelia T.V. Studios 30 years ago and one day" Reimond Bar" Came to visit so I met him there and even haveca picture with him.
• United States
27 May 08
He was a great actor.
@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
27 May 08
I met Loni Anderson (her daughter taught at the high school I went to). I also met Kevin Costner when he visited our school while filming the BodyGuard.
1 person likes this
• United States
27 May 08
How cool, The Bodyguard was a good movie.
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
28 May 08
I have met Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Aaron Tippin, Marty Stewart, Bonnie Owens, Crystal Gayle. Mostly country stars. But also, comedian Ron White. NASCAR drive Kevin Harvick and baseball player Pete Rose.
1 person likes this
• United States
28 May 08
I worked for a music company that did an in store promotion with Aaron Tippin but I went on vacation and didn't get to meet him. Ron White? cool, Pete Rose, awesome!
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
31 May 08
I have yet to have an encounter with anyone famous. Maybe I will someday, but I think that it is highly unlikely.
1 person likes this
• United States
31 May 08
Then you need to look in the mirror, you're famous!
• United States
31 May 08
Steve Vai huh! Great guitarist! Where I used to work we always had musicians coming in. Nobody I really cared about just people like Paul Young, Stryper, Jane Weidlin of the Go Gos, and Rico Suave. But one time I went to see the band Garbage and me and my friend had backstage passes. So we went backstage and saw the band and after talking to Shirley Manson for a while Duke the guitarist asked me if we wanted to hang out so we all went to a bar next door and their record company picked up the tab. That was pretty cool. I think Shirley liked me, but I had a gf whom I'm not with anymore mores the pity.
1 person likes this
• United States
31 May 08
Glad to know a couple of people know who Vai is, Paul Young is cool, I love Stryper, the Go Go's were cool in their time. Jane does a lot of stuff now with commericals. Rico Suave, he had a couple of hits, cool. Shirley is pretty cute, call her up!
• United States
27 May 08
i have met marc anthony a spanish singer i have pictures with him but thier in my grandma attic sorry, ive also met queen latifa that was in a local hopsital i was sick and she had a soar throat that was an interesting experince but i got her autograph...
1 person likes this
• United States
27 May 08
Cool, I like Marc Anthony and Dana Owens was good in her day.
27 May 08
I have met lucy meacock a news reader and also Joe pasquale a comedian. Other than that I have been to tv shows where there were famous people but not actually gone up and met them - these include simon cowell, piers morgan, amanda holden, ant and dec. x
1 person likes this
• United States
27 May 08
I've seen Joe Pasquale and I think everybody knows who Simon Cowell is. Ant is funny too.
@obidan (367)
• Romania
27 May 08
I met some football player in our country , nothing special...ah...and the president.
1 person likes this
• United States
27 May 08
Traian Basescu? Cool.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
27 May 08
Hey there gitfiddleplayer no I have not met anyone famous. But maybe someday I will. I think thats so cool that you met Steve Vai.
@hellcowboy (7374)
• United States
27 May 08
That sounds like a pretty cool experience I dont think I have ever met anyone famous,unless some guy dressed like Mickey Mouse counts,lol cause I met one of those when I was a kid lol.
1 person likes this