At a few festivals, I was able to meet Bill and have him sign a few things (tape covers, ticket stubs, etc.) and I never had a problem with it.
The last time I met Bill (I think it was either '95 or '96) he had played his show and seemed very old (as he was!) during it; at one point I remember he went to take a mando break on a song, and turned the wrong way from where his mandolin mic was. So after the show he was at a table near the stage doing the meet-n-sign, so I stood in the very long line and eventually got up to him. I had him sign whatever, and then said to him, "Bill, you take care..." in I guess too patronizing a voice (I was concerned for him after what I just saw on stage.) He grabbed my hand, squeezed it tight, and said, "*You* take care..." It's one of my favorite memories of him. Will On Jan 27, 1:29 pm, Mando Chef <[email protected]> wrote: > Not the song... but actual memorabilia of Monroe. > > As I was collecting autographs at the Stillwater show on Saturday it > was interesting for me to watch the performers with the crowd at the > merchandise area. I was talking with Kenny Smith and he was telling > me that he never personally got Monroes autograph that someone got a > ticket stub signed and gave it to him. This reminded me of my friend > who got the chance to open for Monroe in the 70's and Bill signed his > hat after the "To Bob, Bill Monroe". When he left the band he was > told the Hat was "Band's property". Kenny said he would have had to > take that hat in the car no matter what? > > Any of you folks have any personal experiences with Monroe? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
