I finally got to see my guitar hero play live. Uli Jon Roth played the Token Lounge in Westland, MI, and I was lucky enough to stand right in front of him during his entire set. Uli looked a bit disappointed when he came out on stage and saw the tiny crowd, but he put on a guitar clinic I will never forget. I was close enough to him that if he had reached out his hand and I stretched out mine, he could have handed me his pick. At one point I yelled “play Drifting Sun!” (the Scorpions song he wrote for which my studio is named) He motioned toward his band and said “they don’t know that one yet.”
The only disappointment was that the meet-and-greet after the show was $20. I have never been to a show where I had to pay to meet the artist (if there was a meet-and-greet), so I skipped it just on principle. I had a stack of Scorpions records and solo albums with me that I had hoped to have signed, but just could not bring myself to pay for such a thing. I would have loved to have my copy of Fly to the Rainbow signed and framed to hang on the wall at Drifting Sun Sound. Oh, well…
