JIMI HENDRIX
I kid you not.  I shook his hand after a concert in Spokane in 1969.

AL HENDRIX 
Jimi's father.  Went bowling once.  He was good, too.  Owned his shoes and ball.

JANIE HENDRIX
Jimi's sister.  We served on the Pac NW Grammy chapter board.  She runs the Hendrix empire.  A real peach.

STEVEN SEAGAL
We talked about guitars at a Grammy event in Memphis 2007.  He is an excellent player and has a couple of blues albums out.

ANN WILSON 
Lead singer of Heart.  Our paths crossed many times over the years in Seattle.  She is very nice and one of the great rock singers of our time.

CHICAGO
The band.  Stone Garden opened for them in Walla Walla 1970.  This was the original lineup and they were killer live.  Still are, actually.

ANNA MARIA ALBERGETTI
Singer/actress.  I supported her on guitar at a performance in Sacramento early 1970s.

MERVYN LEROY
The great director.  I met him mid 1970s when I lived in L.A.  A class act.  Real Hollywood royalty.

SHIRLEY MACLAINE
Actress/dancer/performer.  Met her backstage in Las Vegas 1970s.  Very brief but she was quite nice.

JULIET PROWSE
Actress/dancer/performer.  Did yoga with her and dancers from the show in Las Vegas 1970s.  Even attended a party at her house there.  She was so friendly.

DEBBIE REYNOLDS
Actress/dancer/performer.  Hung out in Debbie's dressing room after her show in Las Vegas 1970s.  A ball of energy.  

SHERYL LEE
Actress best known for playing Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks, of which I was a big fan.  Before that gig, she acted in a sex education video that David Lanz and I scored and she hung out in the studio with us once.   

GEORGE LUCAS / STEVEN SPIELBERG 
Okay... so I didn't actually "meet" them but.... while working on a mix at the Skywalker Ranch for a film I scored, I joined the staff engineers for lunch in the "Main House".  George and Steven were lunching in a room down the hall with the door open.  I think that qualifies for a brush with greatness... barely.

GEOFF EMERICK
Recording engineer.  Geoff wrote an excellent book about his experiences recording many of the Beatles' albums in Abbey Road Studios.  He was in Memphis (2009) promoting it and our Grammy chapter arranged for a private dinner with him as the guest of honor.  I sat next to him and we talked about all kinds of things, not just the Beatles.  However, I did ask him if Ringo was ever replaced with a studio drummer and he emphatically said no.  (There are rumors that Bernard Purdie played on some tracks)