• RickB
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Topic: Joe's Berlin Adventure

My son Chris sent me this brief show report from Berlin.

Yeah it was a great concert and we had a blast. The light-show that he had set up in the theater was fantastic!

He had mixed up his set and played a few songs that I hadn't heard before (or at least couldn't recall having heard). When we arrive in a few weeks we'll have a chance to look at the photos and short movies I took--one of which was quite humorous.

Joe had arrived in Berlin (in casual attire, just like in Bonn)--no jacket, flipflops, etc. It was cold here on the day of the concert--maybe 5 degrees C (40s). He got out of the airport, hopped onto the bus, and then needed to get something from the pharmacy inside the airport. So he goes back out into the airport. He didn't mention if he got what he needed, but when he got back outside the bus was gone.

He was stuck there with no jacket, no shoes, no euros (he had arrived from Sweden!), no telephone, and he didn't know where his gig was at in Berlin. What a shock!

He got help from the information desk, where a lady looked him up online and went to his tour page, whereupon the name of the venue (and address) was discovered. She then gave him a "good will" cash advance against the credit card he didn't have with him so he could afford the taxi ride to the location.

The adventure never stops when you're a rock star.

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Re: Joe's Berlin Adventure

Rick, that brought a big smile to my face. Maybe it should be on the "hilarious quotes about Joe" thread.  lol

I'd love to have been there to see it happen. Very nice of the lady to make a cash advance. I wonder if he left any security? Joe's watch must be woth a bit.  roll

This tale has reminded me of a little story I wrote some time ago. Talk about fact being stranger than fiction. Where was Joe's $20 bill for emergencies? http://www.jbonamassa.com/forum/viewtop … 819#p65819

Phil

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“The guy who has helped the blues industry the most is Joe Bonamassa and I would say he is more rock than some rock stuff, so to me blues is whatever you want it to be!”
Simon McBride in my interview with him in Blues Matters! Issue #56

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Re: Joe's Berlin Adventure

Wooders wrote:

Rick, that brought a big smile to my face. Maybe it should be on the "hilarious quotes about Joe" thread.  lol

I'd love to have been there to see it happen. Very nice of the lady to make a cash advance. I wonder if he left any security? Joe's watch must be woth a bit.  roll

This tale has reminded me of a little story I wrote some time ago. Talk about fact being stranger than fiction. Where was Joe's $20 bill for emergencies? http://www.jbonamassa.com/forum/viewtop … 819#p65819

Phil

That is a great piece of writing Phil. Another post from before my time here. There must be  thousands of gems hidden in the archives.
As Chris said, I believe the tale, as told by Joe and captured by Chris' video cam, is coming here with the family who are visiting for Thanksgiving. If so, I will get it up on YT for all to enjoy. That was his 3rd Joegig, I've infected him as well.  smile

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  • From: Ruhrpott, Germany
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Re: Joe's Berlin Adventure

What a story. You see me grinning.
Last week with flip-flops in Germany couldn't be fun.
But when he came from Sweden it must have been even colder than in Berlin.

Anyway, good to hear that lady helped Joe out.

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Re: Joe's Berlin Adventure

I remembered that story Phil - I just never put it together with you writing it.

Too funny about Joe in Berlin - if he is running around Berlin this time of year in flip-flops no wonder he has a cold!  I hope the nice lady at the airport gets a set of tickets for Joe's next show in Berlin for her niceness.

Sandy

"There's a lot of people that are in so much of a hurry to be, I guess, to be famous or that they don't want to take the time to learn to play and do all that.They'd rather just knock it down off a computer and maybe get on a game show and get famous..That's fine if that's what you want to do.
"We're more old school than that. We like creating the sounds."  - Tom Petty