Re: Close Encounter After Shepperd's Bush Gig

That's weird. I was there too and Bob came out of the stage door, hood up
over his head, got into his car and
was driven off straight away.


"Crist?bal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi, I'm a Chilean studying in London until january and Dylan fan for
> the last 8 years...
> I was lucky enough to catch Bob on tour here and go to Wembley and
> Hammersmith gigs (both amazing, specially the latter).
> The thing is that the day of the Sheeperd's Bush gig I went there to
> see if maybe I could find some reasonable priced tickets for the show.
> Of course that didn't happen, so I went to have a beer to a pub nearby
> and the idea came that maybe I could catch a glimpse of the man when
> he left the building... So, i started looking around and soon realised
> that he would be leaving the place from the back street (there was a
> small alley that connected with it with the stage door)... I stood
> there waiting for about half an hour and the security guys started
> puting fences around me. Suddenly I saw myself inside a cage! Anyway
> the guy in charge told me: "Stay here, behave well and you'll get a
> good view", so I did.
> I remember I had my wembley ticket in my bag, so I took it out along
> with a pen and put them both in my pocket... a couple more fans
> arrived and were put in the "jail" with me... "one more song" I heard
> over the security guy's radio.
> After a while, the stage door opens and Bob Dylan gets out and starts
> walking directly to me towards the waiting van... I doubted until the
> last minute if I should talk to him, but when I had him right in
> front, face to face, I said:
>
> - "Bob!"
> - "Ah"
> - "Could you please sign my ticket??"
> - "eh...yeah, sure"
> He took it and make a quick (illegible) signature... at that moment I
> raised my head and for the first moment realised I had Bob dylan, the
> man whose music I've been worshiping (no sure if that's the right way
> of writing it) every day for the last years, right in front of me... I
> would have liked to say something like "when are you back to South
> America?? It's been 5 years, we miss you down there" but words didn't
> come out of my mouth... he gave me back my ticket and pen and made his
> way the van, not without having a small verbal fight with a guy who
> took a picture ("are you gonna make me look nice in the pictures??!!
> are you from the newspapers??!!")... he then got in the car while the
> rest of us clapped our hands at him.
> Later I knew that the Shepperd's Bush show was exceptional... but i
> think it was a good thing not getting tickets, besides I saw him this
> time in his "stage persona" next day at Hammersmith, great show!
> Hope you liked my anecdote.
>
> Cristobal