Ancient history the sequel:
A year or so after wandering into the Web my skills grew and AOL was abandoned. Curious about the gal who sang "That's Where I went Wrong" I perused a Web that was much smaller with far less content back then and diligent keyboard poking led to Susan Jacks' email address. I wrote a short note praising her voice on that tune and how much I enjoyed it. Nothing beyond that. A few days later I received a reply with the sender stating he was her husband and if I valued my health to never write again.
The wise fellow knows what battles are worth fighting so I shunned the scathing reply so I just ignored it and never sent another message. Hubby died of lung cancer a few years later. I still refrained from writing the widow. Celebrities tend to be inundated with correspondence. My input was not needed.
And our turn to depart this plane of existence awaits every one of us. Does the site have a memorial page for quaddies that enter whatever lays beyond?
That's very strange.... hubby must've been one of them uptight folks. I don't understand that thought process - the instant reaction of hatred and/or jealousy. I've gotten several celebrity emails, many of which I'd gotten simply by getting in touch with their management (if they still had any) and being up front and honest about my intent. Sometimes it takes a long while to get a reply but more often than not, I've gotten the OK.
My hilarious anecdote in regards to that topic is thus: Many moons back when the internet was still quite young, and some artists figured this new medium was a great way to bolster their relevancy or even make them appear "hip". Mr. Steve Miller was one of those cats. You used to be able to write to him; "Ask Steve Anything" was emblazoned on his website.... advertising not a link or to some sort of inbox.... nope.... his 100% direct-to-the-man address.
So over the course of a few months I asked him a few fun questions that would either jog his memory or invoke a humorous response. In that time, I felt I'd managed to establish a rapport with the guy. Sometimes, he'd even respond only a few hours later with cordial greetings. But maybe it was that instant response that made me curious. So, one day I asked "Stupid Question. Is this REALLY Steve Miller or is this just some service in his employ responding to all these questions??"
I'm not sure if he took that as an insult or he was just having an off day, but the reply I got was, well.... a bit disappointing because he's kinda one of my idols....
I don't recall the exact wording but it was along the lines of: "Seriously? Who the f*** else would have the email address of
[email protected]??" (Or whatever very official-sounding email it was back then) It was a few years later we started to see stories come out in regards to his um.... temper. But with a response like that.... there was no denying I had the dudes' personal email address.
My favorite response of all time was from Dennis Provisor.
"
We had a Quad Record??? COOOL!!! What's a Quad Record?"
To make my post remain sort of on topic, while I never met Susan.... I did get the chance to meet Terry Jacks when he played the Doukhobour Festival in Grand Forks, BC way back in.... 2002? My little sister and I were coming back from the "Mopars at the Ranch" show that same weekend in Vernon, BC.... and passing through Grand Forks on Sunday, the Festival was still going hot and heavy. I had friends that had begged me to attend festival instead of the car show so, I decided to make a cameo appearance. Glad I did. His wife at the time Margret(?) was a local, so she'd convinced him to play at festival. I don't think he'd appeared on stage in a long time or, so he claimed anyway.
He did have a joke he did on stage. His daughter had joined him on this adventure and while he was on stage, introduced her by saying:
"I've got my daughter here with me tonight. There's a bit of a story about her name. See, I'm a big fan of Buddy Holly and I love his music. So, stand up
BUDDY and take a bow.... oh, that's right. Maggie won that argument.
HOLLY, stand up and take a bow!"
