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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."
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Well sheeeet. And thanks for sharing your unique story Black.
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Carnos Jax wrote:
Well sheeeet. And thanks for sharing your unique story Black.
Couldn't have said it better, CJ.
He did have a hell of a run.
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Great voice, listening to him always made me feel like I was in a nightclub - even if I was driving down the interstate at high noon.
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Growing up in Las Vegas, he was always a mainstay on the Strip, but never saw him perform til a few years ago when he came to perform at the Encore. My wife and I went and he put on a great show. His voice was still incredible.
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One of my best friends from my time at UCSB was a guy from Beverly Hills. The summer following my first year there we hung out together a lot.
One day we were having lunch with our girlfriends at a small cafe in BH when Mr. Bennett walked in. He was alone and sat at a table in the corner. He was dressed to the nines and oozed class and sophistication. I didn't meet him that day, but it was a treat just to be in the same room with him. Too bad they didn't make him sing for his lunch...
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A good run, thank you very much Mister Bennett. Epitome of a class act…
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N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
One of my best friends from my time at UCSB was a guy from Beverly Hills. The summer following my first year there we hung out together a lot.
One day we were having lunch with our girlfriends at a small cafe in BH when Mr. Bennett walked in. He was alone and sat at a table in the corner. He was dressed to the nines and oozed class and sophistication. I didn't meet him that day, but it was a treat just to be in the same room with him. Too bad they didn't make him sing for his lunch...
He'd sing about how you inspired him to go from rags to riches.
