Whats up Rock and Pop. I hope you are digging my questions so far.Lately I’ve been in a reminiscent mood,thinking about the past and sharing some funny but true stories with all of you.
This one happened when I discovered sobriety. I was completely clean so I remember it very clearly =)
I got called to work "The Cult with Lenny Kravitz as the opening act. This was at the Rain Cross Square in Pomona. I’m stoked because I get to work for the Cult. Lenny had a song I thought was OK…but THE CULT!!! I love them.They’re from England, I’m from England…we’ll get along great. The Cult show up and I’m excited. I immediately go to Ian Assbury (I spelt it right, trust me) and he was a total jerk. He was rude to everyone. I asked him what part of England he was from and he just blew me off. He had his 2 dogs with him, both Golden Retrievers. Anyway at the backstage fence was a kid about 13 who had a Cult poster he bought from England. He kept trying to get Ian’s attention for him to sign it and Ian blew him off. Finally Ian decided to take the dogs out into the parkinglot where the kid was to walk the dogs. He made that poor kid follow and beg him for 15 minutes before finally agreeing to sign the poster.
Fast forward. Lenny’s band arrives and one of his horn players introduces himself to me and asks if I can get him some weed. I told him give me 5 minutes and he’ll be hooked up. We hung out and talked for a few. Great conversation. Later as Lenny was performing I decided to walk out into the auditorium to check out my boy on horns. Well, Lenny had complete control of the stage. He was tearing it up. I was mesmorized and shocked at how good he was.
After the show, Lenny walked by me and I yelled "Lenny, you rocked." He walked over to me, shook my hand and thanked me. I have been a Lenny fan ever since.
BTW heres the song that I thought was "OK"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naeapfW3GRo
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