I had a pint with him in St Albans (well, he was a few tables over with the rest of the band before the gig - Randy California was the support act that night) and sold a set of Marquee pics (still not scanned them) to John McCoy via management - had to drop them into Kingsway - biggest surprise for me that evening was seeing IG's gold disc for JCST on the wall - never even knew he'd got one for it... the manager I saw told me Lloyd Webber wanted him to do the stage show...
Uwe... I just got lucky - right place right time - in the space of a few months I saw him five times at the Marquee with 4 different lineups - IGB, Gillan with Byrd, Gillan with Byrd AND that other guitarist, and Gillan with Torme... I'm disgusted with myself for missing PAL though...
... and then theres the lot over the other side of the pond, seeing the likes of GFR and Foghat, and Mark for seeing the original Alice Cooper Band - oh so envyous... I am a monster Duane Allman fan, not to mention Berry Oakley, so imagine me listening to someone telling me about seeing them at the Fillmore, and SRV and Tommy Shannon telling me how much they rated ABB after they saw them play...
Everyone of us has seen some band that someone else on this forum would love to have seen... I missed seeing Free but saw Bad Co; I gave away a ticket for the first Blizzard of Oz tour as I was playing; Sabbs cancelled a gig with VH as support so never got to see them...
How can I call myself a Quo fan living in the UK and never seeing them in their heyday...
You have an instrument collection that is the envy of any Gibson bass player anywhere in the world, Sir... fact...