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Ward Serrill's avatar

Pete Thorn forever!! Diggin' the thorn mini-series. What's next miniseries gonna be?

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Pete Droge's avatar

There is a well-known guitarist named Pete Thorn. so the name is taken. Oh well.

Glad you are digging the mini-series. Next, Neil Young in two parts.

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Chris Ballew's avatar

Great story! Dave Dederer (guitar in PUSA) met Mike Jagger in LA at a studio where Don Was was working with them and with us (mixing the George of the Jungle movie opening song that we wrote and recorded with Don). Dave said he was in the lounge at one point when Mick walked in to get a cuppa coffee without noticing Dave. The moment he noticed Dave his demeanor changed and he went into Mick Jagger mode twitching and telling stories about the old days while bopping around the room. A true performer! Another great Donny Ienner moment there too!

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Pete Droge's avatar

Hi Chris- I did not know that you worked with Don Was! I would love to hear all about that! Re: Mick... it must be so weird to be that famous. And for that long.

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Matthew R Chaney's avatar

Too cool, Pete. Thanks for sharing this!

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Pete Droge's avatar

Hi Matthew- My pleasure. It was fun revisiting this episode.

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Doug Wigginton's avatar

Wow, Amazing! 🤩 it’s almost like you’re in a hotel room playing Small Time Blues with Elaine and the famous people don’t just pass bye in the hall, they stop in to watch a movie and give you backstage passes 😁

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Pete Droge's avatar

Hi Doug. Exactly!!! And not just any old backstage pass.

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Jacob's avatar

This story is amazing. Meeting your heroes is cool, being able to sit around and watch a movie with your heroes sound way way better. Thank you for sharing!

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Pete Droge's avatar

Thanks, Jacob. I'm happy to share.

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Ethan's avatar

I love this story, particularly over how Ronny got your names wrong. Thanks for the big smiles.

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Pete Droge's avatar

He may have thought we were a family band. Happy that the post got you smiling!

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Hawk 'n' Roll Songbird's avatar

Great stuff! Funny, too. I guess you never got to meet Mick?

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Pete Droge's avatar

Thanks... Nope. Did not meet Mick.

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Jeff's avatar

I love to hear about stars getting star-struck.

Keep the good tales coming!

Thanks for the look behind the scenes Pete!

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Pete Droge's avatar

HI Jeff... the tales will keep coming... working on a post today about the first time I opened for Neil Young at an unannounced warm-up show at The Warfield in SF.

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