Reply To: UJAM Instruments Essential Bundle (20 items – $83.16)

[Peter DeLegge]

On Fleer said

These are some of their very best. And I’ve become somewhat of a Ujam aficionado lately. Their stuff sounds so good. Got their Brute drummer yesterday, with the best sounding floor toms ever. Nick Mason, step aside.

Okay, that little reference was enough to get me started on an old — funny memory. Nick Mason and Rick Fenn  put out an album back in the 80s. I saw them at a club in Chicago close to where I lived at the time with a guitarist friend.  I went to use the bathroom. While on the urinal (wow — never seen this before in a tangent post) some guy next to me strikes up a conversation and says to me, “I came with friends. I just got here. How is the band?” I say, “Really good. I’m really enjoying the show.” The guy continues, “I’m a guitarist. Is the guitarist any good?” I reply, “He’s excellent. Also, he’s the guy in the urinal to my left.” Rick Fenn laughs and says, “I was concerned you were going to say something bad!” We had a laugh and Rick seemed like a super nice guy with a great sense of humor.

Not to brag, but years later, I also used a urinal next to Tim Finn from Split Enz. But I didn’t talk to him. It was at a Neil Finn show. My wife — girlfriend at the time — and I are both big fans of Neil and I went back to see my wife and said, “Neil has a surprise guest tonight. I can tell you for certain because I just saw him in the bathroom.”

FTR, I have met a number of well known musicians back in the day, but these were the only ones I ran into in bathrooms. I suppose we need a special forum for off the wall stories like this?

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