Fantastic report Rick! Really enjoyed reading it!! Thanks so much!!
Scooter
Rick Santangelo wrote:
> Sometimes fate steps in and puts you right where you're supposed to be.
> Last night that happened to me! I was called at the last minute to work
> for the NBC affiliate in San Francisco to cover the California Music
> Awards. It turns out they needed a camera operator to shoot interviews
> with the winners at the awards show.
>
> Luckily I was available so I quickly picked up the camera gear and
> headed to Oakland. As I picked up my media pass backstage, I found out
> several members of the Doobie Brothers would be at the show! Oh there
> were others, like the host of the show, Huey Lewis and Carlos Santana
> and Green Day and a few other small-time acts, but the DOOBIE BROTHERS
> would be there and that's all that really mattered! :)
>
> We interviewed many stars backstage after they picked up their awards.
> Sammy Hagar, who was a bit more down-to-earth than you would think,
> members of Green Day, who made fools of themselves and gave us unusable
> sound bites and many other stars and star hopefuls...
>
> But the best part was when I saw Keith Knudsen backstage. I quickly ran
> and grabbed him and introduced him to the producers. He did an interview
> and he was great! While everyone else was doing the typical, "How does
> it feel to win?" questions, we were asking off-the-wall things like
> "Since you're from California, can you tell us the California State
> dance?". (Answer: swing). And then Jill, the gal doing the interviews,
> coaxed Keith into singing "Listen to the Music" with her. It was so fun!
>
> Then I saw Tommy and I grabbed him for an interview. When asked what the
> California state song was he guessed at "California Here I come". He was
> wrong, but we didn't expect anyone to know... It was "I Love You
> California".
>
> http://www.50states.com/songs/calif.htm
>
> But he was a great sport and laughed at our silly jokes and sang along
> with Jill to "Listen to the Music". The producers all agreed that Tommy
> had a lot of class. He gave us a great interview.
>
> I saw Michael Hossack later, but I couldn't get to him because I was
> busy shooting other interviews when I saw him. I did bump into Bruce
> Cohn and was able to talk a bit with him. He was as friendly as ever and
> was happy to be there. We both laughed at how hard he's working the
> Doobie's lately. He said he's keeping them busy and booking them as
> often as possible. There will be some interesting appearances coming
> up... Nothing set in stone so I can't comment.
>
> The final song of the night was, of course, "Listen to the Music". Tommy
> led the all-star-band as they did a rockin' version with everyone
> singing along. I was stuck backstage shooting yet another interview
> during this, but I could see it on the monitors and Tommy looked great!
> Both Tommy and Keith were also interviewed on the radio last night.
>
> It was an incredible night and I was lucky to be there! It's always
> great to see the Doobie's and even better when they recognize me! ;) I
> showed Keith my Doobie denim jacket and he hollered to Tommy and held it
> up for him to see. Tommy gave a thumbs up from across the room!
>
> For more info on the show, take a look here, but I don't think it's been
> updated with the winners yet. Unfortunately, The doobie's weren't up for
> any awards.
>
> http://www.californiamusicawards.com/
>
> Those in the Bay Area can see the segment on the awards on Bay-TV this
> Wednesday.
>
> http://www.baytv.com/
>
> I believe the entire show will be broadcast on KTVU in a couple of
> weeks. I'll let you know when and if it airs here in the Bay Area.
>
> Rick
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