Has no one mentioned our Chief here, Kevin Godbee and our Pipesmagazine radio host, Brian Levine?
The Famous or Infamous You have Met
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I spent some time with Brian at the WCPS in Vegas. Great company and conversationalist.
All of my heroes are dead....
I saw JFK less then 24 hours before he will assassinated.
I saw JFK less then 24 hours before he will assassinated.
I’ve nodded at a few well known athletes, musicians and celebrities but the only encounter that lasted past a moment was with Lemmy at the MKE eagles club. He was playing the main room upstairs and he came downstairs for a drink. I was there to see Merl and Melvin and we talked about Jerry who had died recently and about touring life on the road. Probably spent 5 minutes casually chatting with him.
Not long after I graduated in the 1970s I did a few “jobs” for a guy who was always courteous and polite.
Paid on the dot from a thick wad of bills. And always with a generous tip (as in”keep the change, buddy”)
He offered me work on a more permanent basis, but I politely declined.
A couple of years later there was front page newspaper coverage of a funeral - photos of prominent bookmakers, “colourful identities” and “persons of interest to the Police”
It was the funeral of THE Mr Big of Sydney crime
And yes, it was my generous and courteous gentleman.
Mobsters were a different lot back in the days
Paid on the dot from a thick wad of bills. And always with a generous tip (as in”keep the change, buddy”)
He offered me work on a more permanent basis, but I politely declined.
A couple of years later there was front page newspaper coverage of a funeral - photos of prominent bookmakers, “colourful identities” and “persons of interest to the Police”
It was the funeral of THE Mr Big of Sydney crime
And yes, it was my generous and courteous gentleman.
Mobsters were a different lot back in the days
coming home from S Asia for a short visit I was in the Houston airport, a older gentleman was getting his shoes shined, a very young boy was playing, saw my uniform and started a convstation, I played and talked to him while the gentleman had his shoes shined, finushed he asked about my deployment, told him what I could as everything there was hush hush, he asked if I wanted a shine, told him it was too expensive, he turned to the shine man an eldery black man, called him by name and said give that young man a special, then gave him 20$ and got his grandson by the hand and left. The old shine man asked You know who that was, No I said, he told me That’s the Houston Oilers owner.
I have met Sir Ian McKellen while on holiday in New Zealand during the shooting of The Lord of the Rings. He was very kind and enjoyed answering my questions.