Best musician that you've played in front of?

[Mr. Air]

My very first band once warmed up for danish funk act Ridin' Thumb (http://ridinthumb.dk/). The show was recorded live by Danish national radio and they aired one of our songs later in the evening.

Pretty crazy as we only possesed a few milligrams of talent.

[Telerocker]

Well, we played last november after these three babes. Not easy to blow them away  :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBTIEcGQ9Ec&feature=related

http://www.bbb-online.nl/

[38thBeatle]

No Andy it wasn't Macca.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Well, we played last november after these three babes. Not easy to blow them away  :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBTIEcGQ9Ec&feature=related

http://www.bbb-online.nl/

They have their act together don't they........enjoyed that clip

[FernandoDuarte]

No Andy it wasn't Macca.

so who?

[AndyR]

No Andy it wasn't Macca.

so who?

Notice he didn't say that it wasn't Lady Gaga :lol:

After Macca, my money's on Eric now... (unless of course it was something like a gig at Graceland and you could see the grave from the stage :lol:)

[Roobubba]

Who though? It wasn't a left-handed singer-songwriter/bass-player was it? (I'd love to have played in front of him...)

Roo would like to meet him too....

:lol: I thought that too... in fact, I nearly posted "It wasn't one of Roo's bete noires was it?", but I wasn't too sure of the spelling and it only narrowed it down to three suspects (Sir Cliff, Sir Paul, or a traffic warden)

That's very very unfair on Sir Cliff.  He might be an utter tool, but at least you can laugh at him. For the others, I have only unbridled contempt.

[38thBeatle]

Thinking about it, I am not sure he was the best musician I have played in front of and I suppose it is debatable about whether he was a musician in the sense that he is known for his skills with a musical instrument.
But I suppose I'd better say who it was: Michael Jackson but like I said before, I was a humble bass player and Mike Casswell was in the band too so I doubt whether anyone noticed me.

[Telerocker]

Well, we played last november after these three babes. Not easy to blow them away  :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBTIEcGQ9Ec&feature=related

http://www.bbb-online.nl/

Yeah, they're quite good.

They have their act together don't they........enjoyed that clip

[Afghan Dave]

...it is debatable about whether he was a musician in the sense that he is known for his skills with a musical instrument.
But I suppose I'd better say who it was: Michael Jackson

I heard he liked to "fiddle"  :?

[Philly Q]

That's very very unfair on Sir Cliff.  He might be an utter tool, but at least you can laugh at him. For the others, I have only unbridled contempt.

I must admit, I couldn't remember the (extremely heterosexual) Sir Cliff being on your hate list....

But I suppose I'd better say who it was: Michael Jackson but like I said before, I was a humble bass player and Mike Casswell was in the band too so I doubt whether anyone noticed me.

Still, playing in front of MJ (love him or loathe him) is quite something, IMO.

[AndyR]

Oh wow! I nearly said Michael Jackson earlier, partly in jest, partly in... oh alright... jest... :lol: (he was the most famous musician I could think of, but I couldn't imagine how you'd be playing in front of him).

But yeah, he definitely counted as a musician in my books. Not one of my favourites, but pretty bluddy famous all the same (not even counting the later "infamous" non-musical stuff) - yep, quite something to have played in front of him :D

[nfe]

Bit tangential but...

The wife of a old colleague was a winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year - to watch her play the piano close up was unreal - the speed and dexterity of movement was something else.

Chap I know is engaged to an ex-winner. They're both cellists. He's good, a Royal Academy student of the year I think, but she's outrageous.