Ok, so I got home to Bloomington, IN last night at around 6am. Heres my story from Farm Aid. I went with a band from Bloomington (some may have seen them open the side stage up) so we get there and weren't really sure if they were going to give us all access passes or just regular stuff....well they gave us "artist" passes, giving us access to the catering tent, green room, all the dressing rooms, and any seat in the place.
I walked back and Dave was sitting in his room with the door wide open. I asked if he would sign my book (all of my Dave shows I've been to with their sets). He saw 57 shows in there and was very impressed. He drew a HUGE picture of a man holding a joint (after we talked about pot) and signed it. Then he's like "come with me" and we went into this room where he had to do an intereview. I haven't seen the video yet so I'm not sure how much aired. Anyway it was me, Dave, the interviewer, and Rudy (his photo guy) in the room. That was it. The interviewer didn't know what he was talking about. He was saying stuff about 9/11 and about farm aid.
After that my other friends who are in the band came and I introduced them and they gave Dave their cd. Dave signed my backstage pass as well. Then I was talking to him about songs and I said maybe a blue water tease? He said "Nope cant do it" laughing as he said it. I said then bring back pig. He said "I don't remember the whole song" and sure enough look what happened.
After Dave got off stage he signed a bunch of stuff for Willie Nelson's charity and then asked if I was hungry and he asked to go to the catering tent to eat with him. I said sure, obviously, wondering why I was being so lucky today. Maybe because I talked to him and criticized him about things and was honest. He also said that his favorite show he ever put on was his first two times playing MSG in NY. After we ate he said goodbye and told me he was flying to Florida then back to Seattle on Monday. He went in his little white van (before Mellencamp even got off). I plan on having pictures up and scanning what he drew me sometime soon. Also, I sat in front of the metal bars blocking the 1st row to the stage and everyone says they saw me on tv. If anyone wants to trade a copy of farm aid for one of my other videos I'd love to have it. So thats my story. If anyone wants to know what else Dave talked about, read on. If not, peace.
I asked Dave about the Lillywhites and he said the band is going to go into the studio with NO producer and will be re-producing most of the sessions themselves and adding a couple of new songs. I asked him about what he did in Vegas. He said that weekend was a "haze" to him and the city ate him alive. I asked him about the kids. He said they're doing good and that the reason the band wasn't there is that Carter is expecting. I asked him about a NYE show. He said not happeneing. I asked him what his fav song to play is and he said either 41 or Bartender. And Dave also loves chocolate cake since he had 3 slices at dinner. And by the way Dave is smoking cigarettes again.
