BUDDY'S BAR IS A LIVE MUSIC VENUE...A REPLICA OF A RL IRISH PUB IN LIMERICK CITY IN MUNSTER, IRELAND..SITUATED DOWN A SEEDY ALLYWAY... BUDDYS' HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AND IS NOW THE PREMIER MUSIC VENUE FOR THS BEST LIVE ARTISTS IN SL. BLUES, ROCK AND FOLK HAVE GOT A NEW HOME!Nice! The artists featured on the blog are good.
So now I can use this as an opportunity to talk about the time I danced on top of Buddy Guy in his club in Chicago. I was there for a conference, and Buddy's Legends club was in walking distance to my hotel. Went early, met the band, particularly the keyboardist, at the bar ahead of time, had a couple beers with them, and they invited me to sit (and dance, which is mostly what I do at blues clubs) in the VIP box right beside the stage. Now it was just me up there, so they were playing, I was jamming -- all of a sudden, I step backwards and almost fall onto someone behind me.
It is Buddy Guy with 3 women and one other guy. I knew he showed up at the club from time to time, but the guys told me he was not likely to be there that night. I apologized for dancing on him! And I offered to leave his box!
He said, "No, darlin', I love to watch a pretty girl dance. Stay right where you are."
My brush with greatness.
Actually, as an update to this post now that I have decided to start keeping this blog, I have also backed up all into Jules Feiffer at a comic book convention. I don't know what it is about me and walking backwards without looking where I'm going, but in reflection, maybe I ought to do it more often.
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