FRANKIE AVALON VERSES DONALD FAGEN
Because we meet so many celebrities each week I have decided to place two of the celebrities as a face-off so the people who do not have the opportunity to meet these folks may see a different side of them that they do not see on TV the screen or the concert stage.
Let's start on a good note.
Singer FRANKIE AVALON. Frankie has been performing too loyal fans since the early 60s where he was teen idol in many of the original beach blanket movies. This 76-year-old performer , in shape like he was in his thirties, continues to give full energy to sold out crowd's singing all of his hits and having everyone leave with a smile and amazement. Now I have met him before and we were waiting patiently after the show in hopes of asking him to sign a few items that we were going to share with others. He came in though his manager and said he had to go he came over to us signed our items and without hesitation willingly took pictures with myself and my buddy. Now I realize that many of the newer generation really does not know much about Frankie but this gentleman is a class act. He still knows that the fans are the one that pays his meal ticket and still enjoys what he does on and off the stage.
Now to DONALD FAGEN.
This performer who began with the legendary group STEELY DAN was also performing in town this week. Now on the only good note I saw Steely Dan perform in 1972 when they opened up for Cheech and Chong.Though I had never met him I've heard stories about him but again I never make any assumptions or judgements .Three of us were waiting outside a local hotel when a bus pulls up and I recognize that it was Donald Fagen . He was performing solo with the Night Lighters at a local venue which Wasn't scheduled for another couple of days. It caught us off guard but when he came out his manager at first thought we were waiting for him but when we saw him we said hello and did not bother him as we were polite courteous and respectful for him coming in after a long bus trip. Later the manager came out again who was terrific and we felt that this would've been a reflection of Fagen but it wasn't. He asked us if we were going to the concert and then we said yes he said bring the albums after the show and I will see what I can do. He said he might be signing maybe a couple but it depends on him . We understood and we did as he asked followed up after the show and gave him a small bag of albums from the three of us. He instructed us then to pick them up at the hotel the next morning and again was so pleasant the only thing we felt that something good was going to happen. So we travel back over an hour back to the hotel the next morning and the manager came out and said " I am sorry but he did not sign anything". Rocket man and I were both in a state of shock as it was only two of us who knew who he was and did not harass him in anyway and then this is the way he reacted .It was a simple request that would've taken him maybe 10 seconds to sign. A few minutes later he came out with the manager and I politely approached him and asked" can I get a picture with you" and without any looking back or acknowledgment he raised his hand and said no and walked on his bus and then into the sunset. Now Fagen is only 69 years old and he looks more like he's 100 with an attitude that's worse than Ebenezer Scrooge. Now for the face off .
Fan appreciation AVALON YES. FAGAN NO
Who will we remember in 30 years AVALON YES FAGAN NO
Wrestling Match AVALON YES FAGAN finished in 10 seconds
Who should you pay with your hard earned dollars if they come into your town to see perform
AVALON YES FAGAN NO
Now everything I've written today was first hand and meeting Frankie Avalon Will be a pleasure and with the disappointment of Fagen I will never listen to his records again will tell everyone the experience I've had and hope maybe one day he wakes up and realize without us he has nobody to pay his bills and importantly remember him.
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