Comments - Rock Legends Disappoint in Times Square - Autograph Live2024-03-28T13:07:44Zhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3524372%3ABlogPost%3A19237&xn_auth=noYour assessments of Chuck Ber…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2010-06-06:3524372:Comment:266842010-06-06T22:25:51.684ZSidney Fieldshttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/SidneyFields
Your assessments of Chuck Berry & Jerry Lee are on the money.<br />
But I once got Little Richard's autograph.<br />
It was Easter Sunday 1981 during his religious phase.<br />
He did a talk show at a dumpy shack of a station in the swamps of Syracuse.<br />
I was a TV reporter there and did a piece on him.<br />
It is the ONLY time in all the year's I've worked in television that I've ever asked someone I was covering for an autograph.<br />
But I consider Richard the greatest rock star ever and he graciously signed.<br />
He was…
Your assessments of Chuck Berry & Jerry Lee are on the money.<br />
But I once got Little Richard's autograph.<br />
It was Easter Sunday 1981 during his religious phase.<br />
He did a talk show at a dumpy shack of a station in the swamps of Syracuse.<br />
I was a TV reporter there and did a piece on him.<br />
It is the ONLY time in all the year's I've worked in television that I've ever asked someone I was covering for an autograph.<br />
But I consider Richard the greatest rock star ever and he graciously signed.<br />
He was also fairly forthcoming in the interview, except for declining to give me his real feelings about rock & roll.<br />
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And the last shot of my story was a classic. Richard's escorts (two religious fellows) drove him away...up a roughly paved small road and out of the swamp... in the backseat of their pale blue Pacer!<br />
The architect of rock & roll reduced to riding in the back of a Pacer. LAST NIGHT at BB KING'S
He m…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2010-06-06:3524372:Comment:266822010-06-06T22:12:06.682ZSidney Fieldshttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/SidneyFields
LAST NIGHT at BB KING'S<br />
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He may not be up there with Richard & Jerry Lee & Chuck Berry, but I consider Gary U.S. Bonds to be one of the MOST under-appreciated rock stars ever. He had some huge hits in the 60's...a truly great album courtesy of Steve Van Zandt & Bruce Springsteen in the 80's and is still terrific today.<br />
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Also very friendly guy, he signed for me last night at BB's after being the special guest for Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes cd release show. Gary is doing…
LAST NIGHT at BB KING'S<br />
<br />
He may not be up there with Richard & Jerry Lee & Chuck Berry, but I consider Gary U.S. Bonds to be one of the MOST under-appreciated rock stars ever. He had some huge hits in the 60's...a truly great album courtesy of Steve Van Zandt & Bruce Springsteen in the 80's and is still terrific today.<br />
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Also very friendly guy, he signed for me last night at BB's after being the special guest for Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes cd release show. Gary is doing his annual birthday show at BB's this week. He told me it will be even better than last year. And last year had a ton of special guests. big fan of all three and thei…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2010-04-09:3524372:Comment:217862010-04-09T01:13:37.786Zmike2359https://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/mike2359
big fan of all three and their music, but on stage Chuck is horrible, saw him at BB's in New York and he tuned up on stage and played half songs and didn't remember lyrics, and to top it off, he walked to the kitchen while still playing a song and didn't come back for close to 5-10 minutes. Written to them for years and they never sign, but like I said, I love their music and will always be a fan
big fan of all three and their music, but on stage Chuck is horrible, saw him at BB's in New York and he tuned up on stage and played half songs and didn't remember lyrics, and to top it off, he walked to the kitchen while still playing a song and didn't come back for close to 5-10 minutes. Written to them for years and they never sign, but like I said, I love their music and will always be a fan I don't know if you can say t…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2010-03-02:3524372:Comment:192852010-03-02T00:35:59.285ZJosh Boardhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/JoshBoard870
I don't know if you can say these three encounters were good, simply because they were legends. If I were you, I'd be ticked.<br />
Chuck Berry used to be amazingly gracious at signing autographs. He's gotten tough over the years. Little Richard NEVER signed autographs. EVER. I'm going to do a column on meeting him somewhere when I was at a hotel for something else (no, no...not that). He just happened to be there, too. And with nobody else around, he still refused to sign.<br />
At least you were able to…
I don't know if you can say these three encounters were good, simply because they were legends. If I were you, I'd be ticked.<br />
Chuck Berry used to be amazingly gracious at signing autographs. He's gotten tough over the years. Little Richard NEVER signed autographs. EVER. I'm going to do a column on meeting him somewhere when I was at a hotel for something else (no, no...not that). He just happened to be there, too. And with nobody else around, he still refused to sign.<br />
At least you were able to share a cool story with us. I've seen that venue when in New York, and always wondered what it was like for signatures. Our town has classic rock con…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2010-03-01:3524372:Comment:192512010-03-01T01:26:12.251ZRobert Babbhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/robertbabb
Our town has classic rock concert series in the summer and Mickey Thomas of Starship walked right past me and others with security. Last summer was better when i got autographs from the little river band at the same concert series. But like you said it was cool none the less to to be close to someone of that stature!
Our town has classic rock concert series in the summer and Mickey Thomas of Starship walked right past me and others with security. Last summer was better when i got autographs from the little river band at the same concert series. But like you said it was cool none the less to to be close to someone of that stature!