John wrote:
> "avonlady" <poptart789@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:1158078531.485291.6140@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I was just wondering if anyone has ever met Elvis Costello, and if so,
> > what was he like? I never have, but my concert experiences make me
> > wonder what he's like. I saw him for the first time in the late 70s. I
> > had no idea who he was and I was there by accident and although that
> > was when I became a huge fan, I don't count that time as to wondering
> > what he's like. I saw him in concert again last year at the House of
> > Blues in Cleveland. The place was packed and the crowd was full of
> > energy but he came out and said maybe three words, played one song
> > after the other and left without even one encore. Everyone was talking
> > about it after. It was very strange, but hey, we all have off days.
> > Maybe he didn't feel good or was just in argument or something. Who
> > knows. But then I saw him just recently with Allen Toussaint in
> > Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio at Blossom and it was like night and day. He was
> > so talkative and smiled and laughed and played for a long time. I was
> > lucky enough to make it right up to the stage and had a blast. He
> > seemed really playful and fun. But what a huge difference between
those
> > two concerts. It was like two different people. So, I was just
> > wondering if anyone has ever met him in person and knows what he's
like.
> >
>
> I met him outside the Fox Theatre in Atlanta after the "Trust" tour with
> Squeeze as opening act back in the early 80's. He was paler, shorter
than I
> expected and had a "limp" handshake. He and Steve signed my ticket stub.
It
> was one of the best concerts i'd seen in my life!
How cool...I saw him as he was coming out of the Fox Theatre after my
first time seeing him in 1984 on the "Goodbye Cruel World" tour...I
didn't get close enough to say hello, but he did chat for several
minutes and signed a few autographs before leaving.
I've seen a number of shows since, and he has done a few odd
things...like having a main set of maybe 10 songs and leaving, then
coming back for four encores of 3 to 4 songs each, making the encores
almost twice as long as the main set. Then I've seen him play almost
three hours and leave without any encore, but usually it's just been a
main set of about two hours, then maybe a 30 or 40 minute encore.
Except for the first one, which was pretty early on, he's always been
pretty talkative and friendly seeming.
Garry
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