Persons I've Seen/Met/etc
Saw Elvis Presley, Memphis Auditorium, Holiday On Ice performance, in a balcony section with 30 or 40 friends (c. '57). [Then, interestinly i had a rather long conversation with him some years later during an accidental and fantastical meeting on a ferry between a Greek island of Corfu and Albania. The details of that chance meeting are here.]Saw Priscilla Presley, saw her often arriving at school (IC) as we crossed paths, she had a maroon Corvair convertible (c. 62'/'63/'64).
Saw John F. Kennedy, campaign stop, in convertible driving westbound on Lamar Avenue from the airport toward downtown, Memphis Tennessee (c. '63).
Saw Richard M. Nixon, famous crook and President, at Laughlin AFB Texas on the occasion of the opening of Lake Amistad, 8 Sep 69. (Nixon's Remarks.).
Saw Richard Boone, actor of "Have Gun will Travel" fame, seen emerging from limo and walking into a San Francisco Wharf Restaurant (c '71).
Heard/Saw Robin Olds, triple Ace with 16 total enemy planes downed in WWII and Vietnam, at a Dining In, Laughlin AFB Texas (c. '71).
Spoke with Richard Stephen Ritchie only U.S. Air Force pilot Ace in Vietnam war, at Squadron Officers School, Montgomery Alabama (c. '73).
Spoke and shook hands with Curtis LeMay, of Strategic Air Command fame, at an Air Force Association banquet in Omaha (c. '80).
Heard/Saw Johnny Cash in concert, at Aksarben in Omaha Nebraska (c. '79/'80).
Heard/Saw Danny Thomas in concert, at Aksarben in Omaha Nebraska (c. '79/'80).
Spoke and shook hands with Jimmy Doolittle of WWII bombing Tokyo fame, at an Air Force Association banquet in Omaha (c. '81).
Lunch, spoke and shook hands with Paul Tibbets, dropped A-bombs on Japan, had lunch with him at Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery Alabama ('82 or '83).
Lunch, spoke and shook hands with Chuck Yeager actor in The Right Stuff, first man to break sound barrier, had lunch with him at Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery Alabama ('82 or '83).
Lunch, spoke and shook hands with Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House, had lunch with him at Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery Alabama ('82 or '83)-
Heard/Saw John Denver in concert, Montgomery Alabama (c. '82/'83).
Heard/Saw Kenny Rogers in concert, Montgomery Alabama (c. '82/'83).
Heard/Saw ZZ Top in concert, Montgomery Alabama (c. '82/'83).
Saw The Amazing Kreskin perform in Omaha Nebraska, with Jonathan (c. '88).
Presented to, shook hands with, had lunch and dinner with Queen Margrethe of Denmark at Thule Air Base Greenland (summer '89).
Spoke with Anthony Michael Hall actor, of Breakfast Club and other fame, in Jazz on 6th Street, Austin Texas (c. '94?.
Heard/Saw Joe Cocker, Copenhagen (with Mette c. '96), Horsens Denmark (with Pia la Cour c.).
Heard/Saw Rolling Stones, Copenhagen (with Mette c. 97, later with Linda c. 2002) and Horsens (with Karen c. 2005).
Heard/Saw Elton John, Copenhagen (with Mette, c. '98) and Horsens (c. 2006)
Heard/Saw Little Richard in concert, Esbjerg Denmark (1 Aug 98 with Mette).
Heard/Saw Jerry Lee Lewis in concert, Esbjerg Denmark (1 Aug 98 with Mette).
Heard/Saw Chuck Berry in concert, Esbjerg Denmark (1 Aug 98 with Mette).
Heard/Saw Paul McCartney in concert Dallas Texas (with Mette April '90), Copenhagen (with Mette ?) and Horsens (c. 2004, alone) Denmark.
Heard/Saw B.B. King, Aarhus (circa '97 with Mette), Esbjerg (1 Aug 98 with Mette), Copenhagen (circa 2005), and Sønderborg (July 2009) Denmark.
Heard/Saw Tina Turner, Copenhagen Denmark (with Mette August/September 2000).
Heard/Saw Ike Turner in concert, Odense Denmark (2006)
Spoke and coffee with Catrinel Menghia, super model, Vienna airport, fall 2008
Spoke with and marveled several times at the wide variety of material known and ably delivered by a great Blues performer Magic Slim in Denmark (from about 2007).
Befriended (well, kinda close) and enjoyed the company of another great Blues Artist James Harman in Denmark (from about 2008).
Met, enjoyed a meal with and then her talented singing, the renounded Blues Diva Sharon Lewis of Chicago, sometime in 2007, and again in September 2010, in Silkeborg Denmark.
Met, thanked and had a photo taken with Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. In Silkeborg, 10 Sep 10.
Chatted briefly with Blues guitarist/singer Eddie C. Campbell. In Silkeborg Denmark, 16 Sep 2010.
