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Date Posted: 16:37:43 02/15/06 Wed
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In reply to:
Anita
's message, "My story of meeting Eric 11th February 2006" on 08:32:34 02/15/06 Wed
>OK heres my story about meeting Eric in Spain last
>Saturday. As previously mentioned, I have a house in
>Spain and was over there for a weeks holiday. I know
>Eric had been performing there around Christmas as I
>saw a couple of his gigs advertised in the paper and I
>thought "Wow, how exciting, Eric Faulkner's playing in
>my town" but as I wasnt going to be there over
>Christmas I just put it to the back of my mind.
>Anyway, we arrived in Spain and were talking to our
>next door neighbour who works as a DJ at the
>Commercial Centre (place with shops, bars and
>restaurants) on my housing development , and he
>mentioned that Eric has a residency at the pub "El
>Tardio" in the Commercial Centre every Monday night.
>I dont know if Eric performs as the evening is an
>"Unplugged" event where anyone can go along and play
>an instrument, sing, do whatever etc and Eric is the
>host. Again I thought "WOW" must go to that but it
>turned out that my husband was going out to play
>snooker with some of the guys so I didnt have anyone
>to go with. All week I thought about it and regretted
>that I hadnt gone to see him.
>
>On our last night, which was Saturday, I said to my
>hubby "We'll have a few drinks at the Commercial
>Centre around late afternoon ,then get a takeaway and
>go home early" (The previous night had been rather a
>heavy one)! So that's what we did, we ordered the
>takeaway, and popped into El Tardio for a drink before
>going back to collect the food, and THERE HE WAS, Oh
>My God, Eric Faulkner.
>
>He was doing a warm up / sound check for that evening
>when he would be playing accoustic covers of songs
>with 2 others guys and they called themselves Martha's
>Vineyard. I had seen a few posters advertising
>Martha's Vineyard but Eric's name wasnt mentioned on
>them so there was no association to be made.
>
>We went to the bar and ordered our drinks and I said
>to the barman, "Is Eric here every Monday" the barman
>then went on to tell me that El Tardio has its most
>successful nights ever on a Monday when Eric is
>hosting the Unplugged show. He also said Eric has a
>house locally and he thinks Eric may be planning to
>move onto this housing development "(OH MY GOD, ERIC
>MIGHT BE LIVING ON THE SAME ESTATE AS ME)" The barman
>also said that he's a really nice guy and I should go
>over and talk to him.
>
>So, we found ourselves a seat and by this time I was a
>nervous wreck (I'm a pretty shy person anyway) but
>after a couple of minutes I walked over and said
>"Eric, can I have your autograph please". He stopped
>what he was doing, smilled at me (WOW) and took my pen
>and paper from me. He asked my name and wrote "To
>Anita, Lots of Love Eric, B C Rollers". I asked if he
>was staying in Spain now and he said "I've got a house
>at ******* and I've got the builders in at the moment
>so I'm just keeping myself busy doing this". he said
>"Are you coming to the gig tonight" and you wont
>believe what I said "No, we've just ordered a takeaway
>and are going to have a quiet night" (STUPID STUPID
>STUPID WOMAN)!!! I said I hope you'll still be here
>when I come back in May and he smiled and went back to
>his rehearsal.
>
>I went back to my hubby and told him what a stupid
>idiot I'd been and how I wanted the ground to swallow
>me up. We finished our drinks and went to collect our
>takeaway.
>
>On the way back to our house I decided I wasnt going
>to miss the gig so we went home, had a couple of
>mouthfuls of food, I changed my clothes and we went
>straight back to El Tardio where the soundcheck was
>still going on, but the bar was completely empty now
>and I felt like an idiot going back in there 20
>minutes later in different clothes. Eventually I
>plucked uo the courage to go in and we sat at the bar
>and listened to the rehearsal. When they finished
>playing it was 9pm and Eric came over to the bar. My
>husband, who wasnt the slightest bit star struck,
>asked him what time they were on and Eric said "10 o
>clock if anyone turns up" then he lit a cigarette,
>exchanged a few words with the other guitarists and
>left the bar.
>
>He came back in about 10 minutes later and a few more
>people were in the bar by this time. Again he came
>over to the bar and my husband asked how long they
>would be playing for and Eric said "It depends how
>many people are here". He ordered a drink and went to
>the back of the room where he sat at a table and went
>through some books (which I assumed were songbooks),
>then he came back to the bar and said to the barmen
>"Have you got a Pritt Stick behind here" they said no
>and gave him some cellotape, and he went back to his
>table and began sticking things in his books.
>
>Eventually the bar was starting to fill up so we took
>our seats at the front and waited for the gig to
>start. It was about one minute to ten and Eric was
>still in his tracksuit(jogging) bottoms and flip flops
>and I was wondering if he was going to bother getting
>changed when suddenly (and I probably shouldnt be
>telling you this) he had a quick look around to check
>no one was looking (except me) and began to change his
>trousers right there in the same room, then he took
>his T shirt off and changed into a shirt. Well that
>was me done in, I have now been in the same room as
>Eric Faulkner when he was semi naked, doesnt get much
>better than that does it.
>
>So, onto the gig. It was very good, lasting nearly 3
>hours with vocals being shared between Eric and one of
>the other guys. The songs ranged from The Eagles, Rod
>Stewart, Jackson Browne, Manfred Mann and loads more.
>Eric had a lovely voice and played some excellent
>guitar. They had a couple of breaks lasting about 20
>minutes each and the other guys came and sat at a
>table next to us where their friends and family were
>sitting. Eric did briefly come and say hello to one
>or two people but mainly he went to the back of the
>room on his own and went through his books again. I
>got the impression the group hadnt played together
>very much as they stopped and started several songs,
>all at Eric's say so.
>
>The gig finished at 12.45am and it was a slightly
>hurried finish, nobody said "this is the last song"
>and Eric didnt say a "thankyou and goodnight", infact
>he didnt say anything and after Eric left his mic
>stand one of the other guys came back to his mic and
>said "thankyou" signalling the end.
>
>Then Eric came over to the table of friends and family
>and clapped one of the guitarists on the back and said
>"Well that's the first one overwith". He was standing
>right next to us so my hubby said "great gig" and Eric
>said "thanks".
>
>Then he went to the back of the room again and started
>packing up his stuff so we finished our drinks and
>left.
>
>Just another observation from the evening was that
>Eric didnt have anybody close with him at the gig that
>he appeared to want to spend time with.
>
>So that's it, the story of my evening with Eric
>Faulkner which lasted about 7 hours in total. It was
>the best night of my holiday and I've been reliving it
>over and over in my head ever since.
>
>I know I've gone on abit, probably giving far too many
>details, so I hope I havent bored you all. (and I
>hope Eric never reads this or I'd be mortified).
>
>If you have any questions that I havent already
>answered let me know.
>
>Anita
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Feedback: 
Anita - I LOVED it! No, it's not too much, you have a great way with words. You just lived one of my fantasies, that's for sure. THANK YOU! (laughed my ARSE off over the pants changing thing and your comments! Too duhluxe, as we say here in NY)