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David Byrne

anyone ever get him in person? Does he sign Talking Heads stuff?

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on March 12, 2013 at 3:37am

I met him back in the 90s and then he was real cool about signing. Both his solo albums and also Talking Heads albums. I don't know how he is today. Good Luck!

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Permalink Reply by Florian on March 12, 2013 at 1:38pm

I met him in 2009 after the concert in Frankfurt. He was very kind and signed patiently everything for everybody around including Talking Heads stuff. I got his setlist autographed as well as a Stop Making Sense DVD.

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Permalink Reply by Nickolas Tsui on June 23, 2013 at 4:17pm

Got him! He signed it all, does Talking Heads. Very reluctant to sign my guitar though. But he did it =D

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on June 23, 2013 at 5:51pm

Congratulations!

There is a lot of musicians that refuse to sign guitars or other instruments. So I'm happy for you!

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Permalink Reply by Chris David on June 24, 2013 at 1:27pm

I will see him tomorrow !

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Permalink Reply by Josh Board on June 24, 2013 at 11:42pm

I've gotten him a few times. Always super nice, although he did say "You don't have any of my solo stuff."

His signature is also very messy, but hey -- he's a legend! Good luck.

Oh, and one time when I got him, he showed up at the venue riding a bicycle. The sound guy told me he brings a bike on the road and likes to ride during the afternoon (it has a lot of frilly ribbons and stuff on it, which is odd). He told me when he rolled up "I'll sign for you, but let me go inside." He went, put his bike inside, came out 2 minutes later, THANKED ME for being patient, and had his own sharpie. I only had two items, as I never like to push it and turn them off.

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Permalink Reply by Nickolas Tsui on June 25, 2013 at 4:51am

Same thing! He came in on a bike, saw us and said he'd be back. The way he said it and from what I heard, I knew he'd be back. He soundchecked and then came back. He signed everything for the few of our group that was there. Signatures are sloppy, but I actually prefer the really sloppy free flowing ones. When I pulled out my guitar he said 'I'm not gonna do the guitar though.' We really had to convince him to do that but it worked out. Overall, very nice guy. Highly recommended, definitely a legend and a great quality sig to add to any collection. His show this year is AMAZING!!! Theatrical, innovative, there's practically half a marching band, and St. Vincent is also super sweet and a good signer, too.