By JoeR (170.148.10.30) on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 02:04 pm:

I will start off with mine with the Channels.

We were performing at the Paper Mill Playhouse in March 2001. After the first song, I see my two fellow Channels laughing in the direction of two women sitting in the front row and holding their hands as indicating a steering wheel. I'm trying to figure out what is going on here.

Rewind about an hour earlier. My two fellow Channels were outside in the parking lot after the sound check getting some air. Up drive up the two women and ask "valet, can you park our car for us". One of the Channels said "oh no, we don't that". The drove off and one of them was heard saying something like "men, always hanging out and doing nothing!".

Apparently a shock came over them after the two woman saw my fellow Channels on stage and their mouths dropped to the floor. Needless to say they were one of the first to get backstage to the dressing room seeking an autograph.

JoeR - http://mypages.netopia.com/channels

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 02:51 pm:

Funny story Joe,
I wonder what would have happened if you HAD parked their car and THEN they saw you on stage?

By JoeR (170.148.10.41) on Friday, November 29, 2002 - 10:19 am:

This occured sometime in the early 1990's at Westbury Music Fair, a few years before I joined the Channels. Yet everytime we play Westbury, someone from the Channels always brings up this story:

A well known 1960's solo artists from Pittsburgh, PA was on the bill along with other 1950's and 1960's act. The promoter is a stickler for an act's time on stage; he tells you have 14 minutes, you must do 14 minutes. This may have been the Pittsburgh artist's first time working with this promoter because it was said he was putting on his own mini-concert.

Being well over his time, the promoter had his staff remove the Pittsburgh artist's wardrobe and road manager from the dressing room... out into the rain. When the Pittsburgh artist got off the stage, he too was escorted to the side exit meeting up with his clothes and road manager in the rain.

To this day, whenever we perform for this promoter someone reminds Earl "Stay within your time, don't let (insert promoter's name) pull a (insert Pittsburgh artist's name) on you"

JoeR - http://mypages.netopia.com/channels

By Eli (205.188.209.38) on Friday, November 29, 2002 - 12:29 pm:

For all of the "newcomers" go to archives past and/or archives old and look up "studio stories" and there are some doozies and all are 100% true and unadulterated!! For some good (and hilarious) reading, check it out! CAPICE??!!

By Eli (205.188.209.38) on Saturday, November 30, 2002 - 12:05 am:

Go to the 21st thread on archives old. studio Stories and enjoy.

By The third degree (205.188.209.38) on Saturday, November 30, 2002 - 09:37 am:

Sometime in the seventies, during a Three Degrees session, Richard Barrett who was the manager of the girls, played us a tape of a song he recorded with live musicians in Japan with the meter going all over the place and quite sloppy, so he wanted to keep the vocals and record a new track, no click no digital editing, no nothing. Mind you this was decades
before any time codes and the like.
It was , needless to say TEDIOUS!!

By Paulie3shoes (205.188.209.38) on Saturday, November 30, 2002 - 09:55 am:

One I brought dis guy Tony "Tutti" Froschi
to da studio. he is kinda jus like Sinatra an s**t.
I brought a briefcase fulla cash an sum udder tings, capice?
Da guise in da band , dey play all dis how you callit?? r&b s**t an I wanna dem to do Mack da Knife, an dey sez dey don' know it an dey sez what key and I tellem I don givva s**t what key jus play da f***n song, or else!! CAPICE?@#$%^&