A quick meeting with Wynonna Judd

So Wynonna Judd was playing at a venue not too far away. I got her before but I figured since I found a cool record for $1.50, I'd go get it signed. And at least when just seeking the autograph it's less stressful.

Wait there, and as the show is ending one guy tells us that she's in the bus and she's not doing combos. Considering I am watching the bus like a hawk and seeing who goes in and who goes out, I find that hard to believe. 

In the end it's 4 of us waiting. While waiting a woman just collapses on the floor and bumps her head on the ground, bleeding. They call an ambulance and police come. This caused quite the commotion.

Finally Wynonna comes out, I call for her, she says one minute and goes in the bus. Eventually she comes out and is nice as can be. This picture is much better than my older one. And she has a beautiful signature. 

Wynonna Judd

Autograph

A Mighty Duck at the airport

CSA show returned for the first time since the virus hit. I didn't need any of the sports names. The only non-sports name was actor Shaun Weiss of Might Ducks fame. 

I decided to go for him at the airport. Spotted him with a mask. I asked him for the op which he agreed to. Took off my mask and he took off his mask without me even asking. Super nice guy. 

Shaun Weiss

M3 Rock Festival 2021

With things returning to normal, I decided to go get some 80s rock bands. Sadly there are many barely valids who replaced the original members in those bands, in some cases even the lead singer. But I still did solid. 

Some highlights from the first day include: 

Group photo op with 3 original members of the band Little Ceaser: Loren Molinare, Ron Young, and Tom Morris. Ron Young also had a small part in Terminator 2. He is the biker that Arnold throws him out the window. Tom Morris had a mask on and I asked him to remove it, which he did. 

Group photo op with original members of Hurricane: Robert Sarzo and Tony Cavazo.

Group photo op with 3 original members of Bullet Boys: Marq Torien, Mick Sweda, Jimmy D'Anda, and the fourth original member Lonnie Vencent separately. 

Original members of Winger, Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Rod Morgenstein. Kip was virus phobic so I had to hold my breath while he was in the car.

Got the original lead singer of Stealheart, Miljenko Matijevic. He also did the signing voice of Mark Wahlberg in Rock star and even subbed for Jim Morrison for a Doors tour.

Got Steven Adler of Guns and Roses again. He signed me a drum head then another drum head the next day.

Steve Riley of LA Guns fame did only mask shots on day 1 and refused to take off the mask. But the next day he removed the mask for photo ops without asking. 

For day 2 my main wants were Warrant band members I missed in the past. They are most famous for the song "Cherry Pie". Sadly the lead singer is dead, but of the 4 originals still alive I needed 2 (one of the four wasn't on this tour thankfully I had him). The ones I needed were guitarists Erik Turner and Jerry Dixon. Thankfully I eventually got them after fumbling in the first attempt. 

I got photos with Great White original members Mark Kendall and Audie Desbrow and almost original member Michael Lardie (he wasn't on the first album but on all the others).

I got Nightranger members though I had them already.

Lita Ford blanked when I tried to get her. And we never saw Steve Sex Sommers of Pretty Boy Floyd fame.

Day 1 part 1

Day 1 part 2

Day 1 part 3

Day 2

Steven Adler signed drum heads

OMG, first major event back!

So I attended an event. The event had a huge list. Turns out many were virtual or not present at all, but some people were actually live and in person. And it felt like it was 2019 again! No masks, crowds, celebrities, autographs, photo ops! It felt good to be back! 

I arrive and off the bat I'm on the board as I got a photo op with actress Dawnn Lewis! She is from A Different World, Hanging with Mr Cooper, among others. 

Jody Watley arrives and I only get an autograph as I have a great shot from before. 

Not long after Naomi Judd arrives with her husband. She is nice as can be. I get her on multiple items and a photo op. 

In something rare, we are let into the event! Inside during intermission I get Larry Strickland. He is Naomi Judd's husband and he actually sang with Elvis in the last years of his life. After intermission Dawnn Lewis starts doing photo ops with people and I ask her to sign my 8x10s. She even goes "where did you get that one?".

While others like Roberta Flack, Denise Williams, Klymaxx, and The Go Gos were not in attendance, I was very happy with this more than solid haul. Especially after over a year of almost nothing. 

Jody Watley signing for me

Dawnn Lewis

Naomi Judd

Larry Strickland

Autographs

Full list of photo ops

Whitney Cummings at a comedy show!

Went inside a comedy club to get actress Whitney Cummings. And going in there, it was like I went into a 2019 time slip. Or an alternate 2021 where there was no virus!

Crowds of people, no masks in sight, even the club employees weren't wearing masks. It was so amazing to feel like I was back in a club setting again! 

She did multi combos on stage. I managed to get a photo op and got her to sign my 8x10s. Here are photos and videos of the experience. 

Video of her signing for me

Whitney Cummings take 1

Whitney Cummings take 2

Autographs

Finally! First airport meet of 2021!

In what is more evidence of normality trickling back, I finally got some people at an airport. My first airport success of the year, and second airport success since the virus hit. 

The target was Debbie Allen from Fame and A Different World. Flying with her was her husband and NBA player Norm Nixon. 

I wait and see them both. They separate. He waits with some bags while she goes to check in. Since she is my priority, I figure best to take the "divide and conquer" approach. After she checks in she lines up for baggage check in. I figure this is my chance. I ask for the photo op and she agrees. Sadly she is wearing a face shield. I ask if she's keeping it on she apologizes and says she doesn't know me. So I take the op. Face shield is not ideal but honestly better than if wearing both hat and shades. 

Then I sanitize my pen, go back up to her and ask for autos as I tell her I sanitized the pen and point to the spot where the sanitizer was. She goes "what are you doing here? You happen to be carrying those?". She signs them. 

I then go back to her husband. He's a get if there name since I don't care for sports. And there I was so I asked him for the op. He gets up ready to take the op. I ask for a no mask shot he pulls it down. 

Debbie Allen

Norm Nixon

Autographs

A meet and greet at a venue!

So since I was in town for other things I decided to try for Serbian blues singer Ana Popović at a music venue. Sometimes that venue has signings. I mooched my way inside to check saw that she indeed did have a signing. And she wasn't wearing a mask! Wow things seem to be trickling back! A no mask signing at a music venue would have been unthinkable this time in 2020. I stood in line, I got the photo op, and I was on my way. Nice effortless meet.