I've told this story before ...

I was hired in my 20's to be Scott Baio's vocal coach when he was prepping to record an album. I showed up in a sport coat and tie at their family home, where he lived with his mom and dad.

After we did our vocal stuff, Scott took me out back to meet his dad, Mario, also his manager, who was sitting in one of two side-by-side chaise lounge chairs by the pool. So, I walked in between the chairs to shake his dad's hand. When I backed up my foot hit dead air and I fell backwards into their swimming pool. We all had a good laugh.

Sorry to have learned he's a right wing nutcase ...

#10 | Posted by horstngraben

I played trumpet in school too. 1st chair means you were pretty darned good!

Have you heard about a program called Guitar Rig (Native Instruments)? It's amp, cabinets, pedal effects, mics, and room/stage/arena simulations. Sounds amazing!

My engineer told me about it back when. He was recording an album on a well known rock group when the guitar amp went kaput. He set up Guitar Rig so they could get something done that day. They were so blown away with the sound they ended up rerecording all the electric guitar parts. It's all I use now when guitar players come to my studio. The thing I love about it is if you aren't 100% pleased with the sound you can tweak it at any point. I'm an accomplished keyboard guy but only plays mediocre guitar for grins or to get an idea down. Guitar rig lets me pretend to be Angus Young at O2 arena ... or wherever.

#11 | Posted by eberly

He he. That would have been a better story, but I stepped backwards into thin air. We all knew what was happening the minute that foot hit nothing but air and my arms started flailing. The laughter started right then. From then on, I wore tee shirt, shorts, and flip flops to his house - first impression over with :-)

I thought all of Hollywood were libs and Commies. At least, that's what Faux News says.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

James Woods and Jon Voight are a couple of other right wingers who come to mind.