07-21-2023, 12:55 PM
On my short list of famous people I've met. Not many people remember that he went through a time in the late 70s where he couldn't get any bookings and his career was basically over. His son became his manager and decided to market him as retro-chic to college campuses, and it worked. It was during that time I was waiting backstage to go on (brass quintet thing) and looked over and saw him standing next to me waiting to go on a different stage. We had the perfect "what do you say to someone you've seen on TV all your life without making an idiot of yourself" exchange: "Hello." "Hello."