Friday, March 13, 2026

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "How Do You Say 'Tutti Frutti' in Yiddish?" Edition

So as attentive readers may have gleaned, I'm feeling the effects of a stressful couple of days involving our pussycat and major dental surgery (his, not mine).

He's almost fully recovered, thank you very much, but seriously -- I'm still totally exhausted from dealing with it.

That being the case, I must apologize for not being able to put my usual deep thought into coming up with a theme for this weekend's EQ.

Or for slacking through this introduction and getting immediately to the business at hand. To wit:

...and the post-Elvis pop/rock/soul-r&b/folk/country star performer you would most like to meet (or to have met but never did) is...?

Discuss.

I gotta say, due to the nature of my toiling at The Magazine Formerly Known as Stereo Review, I was insanely lucky enough over the years to have encountered or interviewed a galaxy of such folks, most of whom were absolutely delightful (notable exception: Major schmuck Chevy Chase. I'm pretty sure I've told that story here at some point, but if I haven't, remind me and I'll do it next week).

In any event, my own choice would be this guy.

Let's just say that the world has been a distinctly less entertaining place since he departed this sad vale of tears in 2020.

Alrighty, then -- who would YOUR choices be?

And have a great weekend, everybody!!!

9 comments:

Cleveland Jeff said...

Levon Helm

mistah charley, ph.d. said...

Are we to restrict our responses to those who are now gone?

steve simels said...

Short answer -- no.

Gummo said...

I think both Phil Lesh and Bob Weir would have been fascinating to have a chat with. Lenny Kaye always seemed like a delightful guy. I have a buddy who actually talked his way backstage at a Paul McCartney/Wings concert at the Garden way back when and he said Paul couldn't have been more gracious.

MJConroy said...

David Bowie.

steve simels said...

An ex of mine met Paul at a Barnes & Noble party (she was a buyer for B&N) for a book of Linda's photography back in the day. He talked to her for 20 minutes, and she couldn't believe how gracious he was.

Alzo said...

Mr. Charlie Watts.

steve simels said...

Absolutely -- I would have loved to have me him.

Anonymous said...

I would like to meet Roy Wood. As a founding member of The Move , ELO and Wizzard he has written hits galore ( imo). He is a very talented songwriter, multi - instrumentalist and showman - his costumes onstage were great!
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