OT non sports the Boss

[HOFautosChris]

Not sports but have not been this excited to add a autograph in awhile and wanted to share if there are any music fans on the board. The Boss Bruce Springsteen was in town on Halloween and was able to get him to sign my poster on the way in and my ticket stub on the way out. One of my favorite musicians and my first time seeing him live. He played a 3 hour set and spent time with the fans before and after the show.

[David Atkatz]

Nice!

I got the Boss to sign my ticket stub way back in 1976:

[Deertick]

Awesome! Nice piece to have signed.

I've been to about 20 shows, most recently in April. I tried to get his autograph many times, but never came close. Then, in 2009, I was working in the stadium during the Super Bowl week. I got to see his rehearsal, and as I was leaving I heard a familiar voice. I looked over my shoulder and there he was walking behind me. I stopped dead, probably with my mouth open.
He came up and said "How you doin'?"
I stammered something about how great the show (rehearsal) was, I was a huge fan, and how he changed my life.
He said "That's nice. That's nice. I'm a big fan of yours, too." and laughed. Then he slapped my back, shook my hand and said "Take care".

I never even thought to ask for an autograph.

[David Atkatz]

Everything you need to know about our Presidential candidates:

Obama has Bruce singing for him at campaign rallies.

Romney has Kid Rock.

[HOFautosChris]

Wow David that is a old signature ! I was negative four years old when that bad boy was signed. Deertick thats awesome 20 times must have been some great memories at all those shows. Cool story about running in to him at the super bowl. The thing that stood out the most was how down to earth and friendly he was to those waiting outside to catch a glimpse on a cold raining westerny ny night. I have met many sports and celebrities before and The Boss was a class act all the way.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Everything you need to know about our Presidential candidates:

Obama has Bruce singing for him at campaign rallies.

Romney has Kid Rock.

I would have thought you'd be more politically sophisticated. As you know, either side can come up with a list of unflattering supporters and juxtapose them with more dignified supporters for their side.

Shall I begin with Rev. Wright, Ashton Kutcher, Rosie o Donnell or Vladimir Putin?

[RichardSimon]

Very, very cool getting the Boss twice.
I have seen him many times and nobody puts on a show like he does.
I saw him in a rain-lightning delay on this tour, where we had to wait for two hours for the show to start. He still did a 3 1/2 hour show and we were at the stadium until 2 am.
It was his birthday night and his mom came out with a cake. He cut up the cake and gave some slices to the fans in the front.
I also saw him at the Rock n Roll HOF Anniversary concert at MSG and that was one amazing night, with a star list that was amazing.

[David Atkatz]

I'm not talking about "supporters," Steve. Ashton Kutcher might support Obama, but Barack's not inviting him to speak at his rallies.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Everything you need to know about our Presidential candidates:

Obama has Bruce singing for him at campaign rallies.

Romney has Kid Rock.

Who says these type of things? There is a reason why we are 20 trillion in debt and has nothing to do with a concert or a performer. I'm sure if you are some limousine liberal you can live with paying more taxes and getting less, but people who work harder for less while others do less and get welfare don't appreciate it. Why don't you stay on topic and leave your political rants to yourself.
BTW: I love Springsteen and have seen him many times even though I don't appreciate his political stance

[cubsfan-budman]

Originally Posted by Duluth Eskimo

Who says these type of things? There is a reason why we are 20 trillion in debt and has nothing to do with a concert or a performer. I'm sure if you are some limousine liberal you can live with paying more taxes and getting less, but people who work harder for less while others do less and get welfare don't appreciate it. Why don't you stay on topic and leave your political rants to yourself.
BTW: I love Springsteen and have seen him many times even though I don't appreciate his political stance

Please consider taking your own advice.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Duluth Eskimo

Who says these type of things? There is a reason why we are 20 trillion in debt and has nothing to do with a concert or a performer. I'm sure if you are some limousine liberal you can live with paying more taxes and getting less, but people who work harder for less while others do less and get welfare don't appreciate it. Why don't you stay on topic and leave your political rants to yourself.
BTW: I love Springsteen and have seen him many times even though I don't appreciate his political stance

Uh Oh. Someone seems to have lost his sense of humor. Probably happened sometime Tuesday night. Say about 10:15 CST.

[Duluth Eskimo]

I hope you remember this when "you" get to pay you "fair" share. Liberals are always ok until it affects their bottom line. When it affects them, then we need to put a stop to this nonsense.

[Exhibitman]

Awesome, totally awesome! To meet the Boss and get the signature yourself...I envy you!

I only have a couple of rock n roll items:

[HOFautosChris]

More great stories. Thanks for sharing Richard. This was the scheduled for the day before Halloween but was pushed back because of the Hurricanes. On youtube there are some videos of him talking about Sandy in Rochester and he also sang the Monster Mash during request time. I just recently decided to go for more in person Rock autographs to go with my sports collection. That Ramones poster is a really nice piece from a great band. Got 1/3 members of ZZ Top the other day to.

Billy Gibbons


Would love to see others music autographs

[David Atkatz]

Here ya go, Chris. A few rock n roll autographs:

The Beatles:





John Lennon:



Bob Dylan:



Rolling Stones:



The Band:



Sam Cooke:

[packs]

Wow. I love that Sam Cooke.

[GrayGhost]

Bruce is amazing. I used to have his signature on a sleeve for Open All night, but bought it from secondary market. He's the BEST live performer still around. AMAZING.

you guys should look on YouTube for the clip of Growin up from Louisville the other night. Not only did he grant a sign request for "Growin up" on a guys 20th Birthday, he invited him onstage to sing the last verse w him. Its GREAT. Guy goes nuts. WHAT A THRILL for him.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Here ya go, Chris. A few rock n roll autographs:

The Beatles:





John Lennon:



Bob Dylan:



Rolling Stones:



The Band:



Sam Cooke:

Incredible, David!

[David Atkatz]

Thanks, Scott.

[Big Ben]

Love the autographs of Bruce and The Ramones! I'll go a little old school with my music autographs. I was in band during my high school years. For fundraisers, we held a series of jazz concerts over the span of three years. We had to set up the stage and for the Count Basie concert. A group of us had to lift a baby grand piano down a flight of stairs into our gym. Count Basie was a classy man and talked to us about some of his experiences. He signed autographs for everyone who set up the stage and I had him sign my poster after a frantic search around my school for anything for him to sign!

[Big Ben]

One more from my high school jazz concert series. Buddy Rich put on a great show but was very standoffish to put it politely and didn't sign many autographs. But for some unexplained reason, he liked me. lol

[Forever Young]

Here are some of my music autos:

[Exhibitman]

Ben, who is the one on the big white page in the middle?

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Ben, who is the one on the big white page in the middle?

Are you referring to the Elvis Presley?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Awesome, totally awesome! To meet the Boss and get the signature yourself...I envy you!

I only have a couple of rock n roll items:

Johnny Ramone collected baseball autographs for a long time.
He used to buy from me at the National Pastime shows in Manhattan.

[drc]

As a hardcore punk aficionado, I stumbled upon a few years ago a founding guitarist for the long since defunct and seminal band Black Flag selling 1970s proof records, metal pressing plates and cover art from the band on eBay. Considering those types of bands were about 2,000 miles outside the mainstream and were the definition of DIY, that type of stuff is almost unheard of on the market. I was surprised the stuff existed.

Sorry, he didn't autograph anything, making it off topic.

[HOFautosChris]

More great stories guys. I have met Henry Rollins at one of his spoken word tours as well. Ran across this guys website has some really great Signed Rock N Roll Items.

http://www.rockandrollcollection.com/index1.html

[Leon]

In 1979 I was stage security for AC/DC (got to meet Bon Scott but didn't know who he was at the time, except he wasn't wearing a shirt ) and Journey, does that count?

[rube26105]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Awesome, totally awesome! To meet the Boss and get the signature yourself...I envy you!

I only have a couple of rock n roll items:

very sweet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RichardSimon]

I might have mentioned this before but Johnny Ramone was a baseball autograph collector. He would regularly attend the Armenian Church shows in Manhattan and almost always bought item(s) from me.
I never did ask for his autograph since I was not a fan of punk and he seemed reserved and quiet.

[kdixon]

Here are a couple of mine.

[HOFautosChris]

Have scored some pretty good acts this year.