Another Groupie Tale on Hallow's Eve

In Honor of Halloween

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I wanted to post a video of one of my favorite comedians Stephen Lynch doing his Halloween Song. By the way, the guy pictured above is not Stephen Lynch, his name is China. I will get to China later on, but back to Stephen Lynch and his awesome Halloween song!!I wanted to post the video right on my page, BUT I can not seem to figure out how to post a video from youtube. If anyone out there can help me it would be greatly appreciated. But this is something I really want you to see, I'm sure you will enjoy it so if you click this link Halloween Song you wont be disappointed, it's hilarious.

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So tomorrow is Halloween!! I am so excited!! It's going to be a very busy night for me. First I am taking my daughter trick or treating. Then I may do some fun "adult" trick or treating" myself so I may not have time to post a blog. So I thought I would take the time tonight to post yet another Groupie Tale for your enjoyment!! So here goes

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The Rocker Boi Who Changed My Life

So it was not such a happy time in my life. My husband had filed for divorce. I had gained mucho pounds with the pregnancy of my daughter. I was faced with the challenge of being a single Mom with no family here at all in Arizona where I reside and really no emotional support from anyone. You could say I was pretty depressed. Well..what always pulls me through? That's right music, rock and roll. So one of my best friends of all time "V" said she was flying out to Arizona to come and visit me. That was great! AND... Our hometown guy friend who plays for a famous band was doing a show here then in Los Angeles and then Las Vegas. So my daughter was going to be with her father and we were going to go on a road trip and hit all three concerts! I couldn't wait to get out and experience a concert again! Since I had become a mother and had gained weight I really didn't go to any concerts. So this was going to be such a fun time and with my Lady Friend "V" coming it was definitely going to be a blast!!

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So "V" flies in and we catch up. She is one of those friends that it doesn't matter if it has been years since you have seen each other it always seems just like yesterday. So the day of the first concert here in Phoenix what do we do? We head out to the venue to talk to our friend and to make sure we have passes for that night. So much had changed since I had became a mother. I actually had an in home childcare business and so we went to the venue in my mini van with 6 children in tow. Yup... it was a sight to see. But I stayed with the children while "V" went and retrieved our friend and made sure the passes were there for us for that night and everything was set to go. So we went to the concert that night and everything was very cool. That was Thursday night. I had taken Friday off of work so Friday morning we head to L.A. for the show at the House of Blues.

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We arrived in L.A. got to our hotel, non other than the Riot House right across the street from The House of Blues. Our friend got us passes and V.I.P. for concert at the House of Blues. If you have never been in V.I.P. at the House of Blues it is a MUST. There are different little rooms and little niches' in which to converse, a patio and of course a bar. It was so very Rock N Roll.

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So I am sitting there on one of the couches and in walks "my type" of guy. Long black hair, black leather trench coat, black leather shorts down to his knees, fishnet stockings, big healed black leather boots, eyeliner, oh yeah...my type of guy all the way. That is one thing about L.A. every time I go there I see this type of guy. It feels like home. So in walks this guy, at first I think it's Nikki Sixx, (mostly because of the hair) but also because Nikkie had written a song for the band that my friend plays for and I thought he just may have popped in to say hello. As soon as I see this guy "V" says, "Oh God, that one was made just for you" or something to that effect. So I admire him from afar and the night goes on. A little later "V" and I go down to the bottom floor of the HOB to take a look around. While we were going back in the elevator to V.I.P. we notice this guy along with about 3 others are in the elevator with us. "V" strikes up a conversation with him the elevator door opens and and we all walk to the bar. He and I start talking and its as if I had known this guy forever. His name was China, he was so very strange but yet magnetic. He intrigued me. He played for a well known band and later I would go out and buy the c.d., of course I would. He and I hung out all night long, just he and I. ("V" is a people person and she was having a good time talking and being the social butterfly that she is.) I even remember when China and I walked through the t.v. room on the way to the outside patio one of the managers was sitting on a couch with a group of people who looked frightened of my new friend. Which I found hilarious.

I heard the manager say,

"That's just China, he's harmless"

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Now you may be wondering how this Rocker Boi changed my life, well I will tell you. As I mentioned before I had gained weight with my pregnancy and I tried to get it off, but I was bigger than I had ever been in my life and it was a battle. When you are bigger than you have ever been you tend to lose confidence in yourself. Well...just the fact that China was hanging with me all night meant a lot, but it was something he said to me. I remember it as if it was yesterday. We were outside on the patio just he and I. The subject of sex came up. We talked about what we liked and such, then he stood up and asked me to stand up. He walked around behind me and said

"I really like your ass, yeah, you have a really nice ass...mmmmm"

and that was it, but that's what it took to boost some kind of confidence in me. After that night I started losing weight and I have NEVER been that big again!! He have me my confidence back and that changed my life. It really did. I saw him the next year at NAMM and I was so proud to be smaller and for him to see it too. I did tell him how he affected me and my life. He and I have kept in touch through out the years. Sometimes I will ask him advice about a guy I am interested in and he tells me the guy point of view. He always watches out for my best interest. It's funny how two souls find each other, how you meet someone and it feels as if you have known them your whole life and can talk to them about any and everything.

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You know most of the time Rocker Boi's are out for one thing, or multiple things. It seems they always want something. But China, he gave unto me, he changed my life. I have never met another like him, and I doubt I ever will. I will never forget him. He will always have a special place in my heart.

Forever and Always

Needless to say after the concert Friday Night at the House of Blues "V" and I didn't make it to the concert Saturday night in Las Vegas ha ha ha

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Another Tale ~ The Sure Thing

A Not So Wise Man Once Told Me...

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Unlike many tales I will be posting this tale will consist of no famous, as you know them, rockers. This is just a story of some Rocker Boi's I've known for a long, long, time. Well...let me take that back. One of them is the lead guitarist for a famous Rock N Roll band today, so yeah, I guess there is a famous rocker boi in this tale.

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It amazes me sometimes, or should I say "used" to amaze me the women that Rocker Boi's pick to be with. I was at a show of some of my best Rocker Boi friends, whom I have known forever when they were playing a club in Evansville Indiana. It was always such a fun time hanging out with them. It was just like watching t.v. or being at the movies because they were so damn entertaining. I could just watch them just be themselves for hours and laugh my ass off! They were so comical and witty!! Guess that is what lured me to bands in the first place. These are not normal people, I mean they are to an extent, but they are artists and artists are a little off balance. If you know what I mean.

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Which leads me to a night that I will never forget. It's probably been almost 20years ago and I remember it as if it were yesterday. The band was playing an out of town gig. We all had hotel rooms at the same hotel. My girlfriends and I drove separate from the guys to the gig. They had to get there and schmooze before going onstage and we girls had to primp. Anyway we get there and the night is going good. The band got really good reception from the crowd and fun was being had by all. Now one of my girlfriends had a crush on the drummer. The other "Tina" could have cared less about any of them. I on the other hand did think that the singer was HOT! But I had known him since High School. He had actually been in the same class as my big brother, so I was off limits. Which was cool to everyone, except me!! But I worshiped him from afar, just like I had always done since the day I first saw him and at this time it was years prior to this night. He and I were friends just as I was with the rest of they guys. The other guys always considered me something like a sister, which was cool with me. But I did secretly have a crush on the singer, or I thought it was a secret.

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So the night wore on. Several girls in the club saw me and the guys (band) talking. Most of the time girls would approach me and ask about the guys. I usually would take them and introduce them to whichever they were asking about or wanted to meet. I would call it my job as cupid, or I would like to think. So several girls came up to me wanting the same as all the others, but, on this particular night there were a few girls that were just drop dead gorgeous. I thought the guys would pounce at this opportunity. Don't get me wrong, the guys got girls, that is for sure, but these girls were so pretty and nice and sweet. I just knew I would make one of them a love connection. Well I did my duty and introduced them and went my way.

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I had been drinking that night, and was pretty much buzzed. The show was over, bar was closing so my girlfriend Tina and I went to try to find our other friend so we could ride back to the hotel with her. We couldn't find her, so the manager asked if we wanted to ride with him and the guys back to the hotel. It was the first time we had ever been to Evansville or the club we were at, so we accepted the offer. I was seated in between the manager and the drummer (God Forbid) and my girlfriend Tina was in the back when up walks up our friend and starts cussing at me because I was sitting next to the drummer (the guy she had a crush on) and wanted to know why I wasn't riding back to the hotel with her. So being the nice person that I am told her no problem, I would ride with her, I just couldn't find her earlier. So I got out (Tina stayed and rode with the band) and we headed toward her car. Okay here comes one of the strange parts of the night . They singer (the one I secretly liked) came up to me, while I was standing by the car and just leaned down and kissed me, not a little peck, but a good, long, kiss. I will never forget that, nor will I forget that when it was over and I looked at him, that he was holding the hand of another girl and walked off with her, just like that. I never knew if he did what he did to boost his ego or what? Now that I'm older, yeah, I'm sure that is what it was all about. Anyway like I said I was standing by the car, he walks off with other girl in hand. Then my girlfriend starts yelling at me for sitting next to "her guy" earlier and says she is NOT gonna give me a ride back to the hotel and freaking takes off in her car? WTF? She left me there, at the bar, with no way home. By luck the door to the bar was still open and the manager of the bar told me one of the bartenders would give me a ride to the hotel. I had no other choice, so I agreed and nameless bartender gave me a ride. Thank God this dude was an honest, non rapist guy. He got me there safe and sound.

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I walked into our room and my girlfriend Tina was rolling her eyes and shaking her head. I looked around and other friend (who we will call psycho from now on) was in a hot pink teddy with black mascara running down her face crying because her "so called guy" was in HIS hotel room with another girl. In fact it was him and another band member in the room with this other girl. We found out later this other girls name was Snuggles. I'm not kidding, this girl called herself Snuggles. Well Psycho girl kept going to his room and pounding on the door, then she would make her way back to our room crying. I did not feel sorry for her, not at all. I knew this guy didn't like her, she a friend, but not a long time friend and not really a friend of the bands. They had all told me she was a bit psycho, but I believe in giving everyone a chance. It had been a long night for me and I just wanted to go to bed and dream of the kiss I got earlier. I didn't care about her, hell, she left me stranded at the bar. So that is what I did, I went to bed.

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The next morning I proceeded to tell Psycho she was no longer a friend of mine. A friend would not leave a friend at a bar, in a different state, at a club she had never been to before stranded at 2am in the freaking morning. I told her not to call me once we got home or contact me ever again. If she did I wouldn't respond. You know what, I have held true to those words. If she thought that little of me, then screw her!!

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Back to the guys and the reason for this story. Me and my girlfriend Tina were sitting on the steps early that next morning smoking when we saw this "Snuggles" leave the hotel, and she was nothing to write home about. In fact she looked pretty worn out and trashy. I asked them why, when I had introduced them to such beautiful sweet, nice girls the night before, that they ended up with this Snuggles person?. You know what they said, and I believe this to be true in the hearts of all men. They said "why would we want nice, sweet girls when we can have a chick like Snuggles who will do anything and everything we want?" Case Closed.

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There you have it. If a guy is not ready to settle down, which these guys were far from it, they are going to go for what they can get. If they are in that mind set they will go for who will give them the most of what they want, how they want it, when they want it and where they want it. Now I'm not saying a man doesn't like a challenge, but sometimes, and Im thinking more than not, a man wants the sure thing. A sure thing that wont interrupt their lives, a sure thing that expects nothing in return, a sure thing that doesn't want to meet thier family, a sure thing that they care nothing about and will never see again.

Snuggles my dear readers, was just that.

"A Sure Thing"

It's Time For Another Tale

Today Seems Like a Good Day For a Rock~N~Roll Tale

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The 80's were great, weren't they? The look, the music, the sex. You must admit, sex was a big part of the 80's. At least in the Heavy Metal music scene, you have to admit most of the lyrics were about sex. Such as "All Night Long", "Cherry Pie", "Lay Your Hands On Me", You Shook Me All Night Long", "Slow and Easy" "Smooth Up In Ya" and those are just a few, the list goes on and on. One of the cool things were that the girls used the guys just as much as the guys used the girls. Ahhh, the good ole' days, ha ha.

So this story is from those days. Two of my favorite bands were coming in concert. One of the bands are still my favorite band of all time Aerosmith. The other band that was warming up for them (will not mention the bands name) were making a name for themselves and were doing pretty good job for at this time they were well known enough that the lead singer had his own bus. They are now known as one of most popular rock bands of all time. I think they would still be together if the lead singer wasn't such a psycho. Now, that is not a fact, just my opinion. Long after the breakup of this band the drummer (not the original drummer) guitarist and bass player started their own band and did very well. Except for the lead singer they chose. This lead singer was an awesome front man, vocalist and lyricist, but had issues as well. So as far as I know, they are no longer together but they put out one hell of an c.d. out.

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So on with the story....

Let's start with the night before the show. Me and my girlfriends were hanging out at a local bar "Sal's" in Nashville. We had heard that the "unnamed band" may come to the club. We were all really excited. Also one of the local bands and our friends Valentine Saloon were playing that night. Well...in strolls a guy who looked like the rhythm guitarist for this "unnamed band". I had been drinking and since I really didn't drink much back then my vision was a little on the blurry side. Anyways this "guy" was seated on the steps all hunched over and looking WAY out of it. Everyone kept asking me..."Is that _ _ _ _"? and all I remember saying was "No, it's just some guy trying to look like him". As the night wore on, I was wrong because this "guy" later got up on stage and played a couple of songs with Valentine Saloon, then he was whisked away into a cab and left the club. Well...I was way bummed that I didn't approach this "guy" and introduce myself and so on.

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Okay, now it is the morning of the show and my girlfriend said that she knew for a fact that the band was staying at the Music City Sheraton. (How she came upon this information is a tale for her to tell. I wasn't there, so I cant say.) So what do we do? Well...what would any good groupie do?

(First I must tell you what I consider a groupie to be before I go on with this story. To me a groupie is someone who wants to meet the bands that make the music and write the lyrics that touch their souls. A groupie is someone who gets a high, like an adrenaline rush, just from meeting these people. It's hard to explain, it's full on balls to the wall excitement to say the least. Personally, for me, whenever I've met these people, my hero's if you will, are the times that memories are made of, and those memories are the ones that I will never in a hundred years forget.)

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We head to the hotel! We get there, hung over, last nights make up still on, hair not done, and in just jeans and tee shirts. We walk in and guess who is sitting at the bar. Yup...the lead guitarist. This guy was/is a guitar legend and was/is so well known it blew my mind that there he was...just sitting there all alone at the bar. We go to the bar and try to act like we do not notice him. Then we hear him talking to the bartender about how he was supposed to have gone to a club the night before, a club named Sal's. That was our cue! We told him we had been at Sal's and had seen the rhythm guitarist there and how he got up on stage and played a few songs with our friends. So the conversation began. He said he wasn't allowed to go because the manager said he was too intoxicated and they locked him in his hotel room. The conversation goes on and low and behold out of the elevator steps the bassist. I was really hot for the bassist, still am in all honesty. Bassist comes over and joins in on the conversation. Things are going great, we are all talking just like they are regular guys. To us they are not regular guys, they are Rock Stars!! They say they have to get going and get ready to head out to where the show is being held. So we say how cool it was to meet them and such and get our picture taken with the lead guitarist. I wanted a picture with the bassist, but by this time he was talking to someone on their crew, and I didn't want to bother him.

And do you know what? My girlfriend sent that picture into Metal Edge magazine and a few months later people starting coming up to me saying how cool it must be to be in a magazine. I had no idea the picture and letter my girlfriend had written had made it into the magazine, but it did. I still have a copy of that magazine to this day.

left to right.....Lady V, Guitarist, and Me......

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Maybe next time I will tell you about the first time I met these guys....but that is a tale for another time.

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Oh yea, that day at the hotel, guess who was laying out by the pool? Michael Hutchence lead singer for INXS ! Eat your heart out girlsssss...

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Be sure to read the first tale: "Sometimes Fantasy is Better than Reality" Just click the tab "The Tales" on the right side of page

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Groupie Tales/Tails

Sometimes Fantasy is Better Than Reality

So it was a big night in my life. My all time favorite band was having a concert and I couldn't wait. I had followed these guys from the beginning and I loved them. Especially the bass player. Now that was a big thing for me because I usually am all about the guitar. I don't usually care about the bass. I had my tickets and my girlfriend and I were pumped up and ready to go. I was going with one of my girlfriends who always seemed to be able to get backstage. So that was even more exciting to me because I really wanted to meet this band, and bass player.

It was before the show and of course we are hanging out around the backstage area just in case we are allowed to go back. Of course one of the managers comes and picks us out. We are then lead to a hallway with a bunch of other girls and there is yet another BIG guy who is there and he is picking out girls like picking out meat at a butcher. "You....you...you" he was saying as he is pointing at which girl he is referring to. We are two of the chosen many (I'd say around 30 of us girls total)to yet enter another room. This room is lined with buffet tables loaded with food and drinks. We are shuffled in there like a herd of cows.

We wait...and wait...and wait. My girlfriend has struck up a conversation with the main manager and he informs us that the band will not be coming down to do a meet and greet but he would like us to come to the hotel and we can meet the guys there. So he tells us which hotel the band is staying at and we say our goodbyes and head out to the hotel.

We get to the hotel and we spot the tour bus. Cool...they are there. We head inside and the number of girls are scaled down to about 15 now. We are all hanging out in the hotel lobby along with a few roadies again waiting for the bands to come downstairs from their room.

We wait...and wait...and wait. Then finally, he steps off of the elevator. The bassist I wanted to meet. He looks just as good in person as in all the magazines etc. He sits down, and as he does all the girls except for me and my friend all gather around him. One of the roadies asked me "Aren't you gonna go over and talk to him" my reply was, "No, I buy his c.d.'s, he can come over here". That's just how I am. Well...bassist sits there for about 5 minutes saying nothing to anyone and asks one of the roadies "Is "drummer" (not gonna use real names here) coming down?" The roadie replies "yeah". Bassist sits there maybe for about 5 more minutes, still he hasn't spoken to anyone and ignores anyone who is talking to him, and then all of a sudden he just gets up out of his chair and says "Fuck it, I'm outta here". And he walked over to the elevator stepped inside and was gone. Not what I expected from the guy I wanted to meet for so long. It was a big let down to say the least.

A few minutes later (Drummer) came down...talked with everyone...went to the bar piano and played it for us and we all sang songs and had a great time. He was the coolest "Rock Guy" I think I have ever met. Drummer hung out for over an hour just chatting and playing the piano.

Moral to the story....Sometimes fantasy is better than reality. We build these people us so high in our imaginations, and that's where they should stay. Because there they are who you want them to be, not a real person, but a fantasy. In this case my fantasy was WAY better than the reality.

I have come to learn that this person back at the time of this story was a heroin addict and this is probably the excuse for his behaviour. I still like him a lot and think he HAS to be the cool person I THINK he is...or at least I hope so.