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Thu, 11 October 2007 18:11

Paul Braun

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Registered: September 2005

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Last Sunday, I attended the melodicrock.com 10th anniversary concert
in South Bend, Indiana.

Artists performing included Kevin Chalfant, Jeff Scott Soto, and Scrap
Metal, an all-star band composed of Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, Kelly
Keagy from Night Ranger, Eric Martin from Mr. Big, and Mark Slaughter
from Slaughter.

Special guests during the Scrap Metal gig included Jim Peterik and
Jimi Jamison, Jack Blades, and Joe Lynn Turner.

Now, keep in mind that back in the 80's and early '90's, these guys
were the bands I was listening to. I would have given anything to
just shake their hands. If you had told me that now I'd be hanging
around with them, or if any of them would have given me their home
phone numbers.... I'd have said you were effin' nuts.

I actually went with Peterik, so, as his personal roadie I got to say,
"I'm with him" and actually mean it.... ;-P

Plus, I got to hang backstage and in the dressing room.

I got to listen to those guys working out the harmonies on songs that
I listened to all the time - in fact, still do. Gave me chills to
hear Turner working out the harmonies to Rainbow songs....

And this was really the first time, aside from a World Stage show in
Belgium, that Peterik and Jamison have performed on stage together
since Jim left Survivor in 1990. The crowd went insane.

I also shot roughly 542 photos between the dressing/rehearsal room and
during the show.

After I offloaded my camera and browsed through all of the images, I
suddenly realized something. There are zero photos of me with the
stars.

I guess my relationship with Jim has conditioned me to the point where
I'm still fan enough to ask for autographs (you should see the walls
of my hallway - LP frames from Michael's are my friend -- but
apparently now asking to pose for photos with them is something I feel
uncomfortable doing. I guess I want to be accepted as a normal guy --
I definitely don't want to abuse my friendship with Jim and risk being
embarassing. I kinda enjoy having the chance to just stand around and
talk to these guys like real people, and I like to think they
appreciate that as well.

So, if any of you ask for proof that I was actually there, and not
just making this up, you'll just have to take my word for it.

pab

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		What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: Paul Braun on Thu, 11 October 2007 18:11
		Re: What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: Rod Lincoln on Thu, 11 October 2007 19:52
		Re: What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: Paul Braun on Thu, 11 October 2007 22:43
		Re: What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: Rod Lincoln on Fri, 12 October 2007 08:03
		Re: What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: Paul Braun on Fri, 12 October 2007 11:21
		Re: What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: Rod Lincoln on Fri, 12 October 2007 13:56
		Re: What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: Neil on Thu, 11 October 2007 20:07
		Re: What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: Paul Braun on Thu, 11 October 2007 22:47
		Re: What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: John [1] on Fri, 12 October 2007 04:36
		Re: What a surreal evening, or, Am I starting to get jaded? By: rick on Fri, 12 October 2007 01:14

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