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Date Posted: 04:06:11 02/18/06 Sat
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Mary K
's message, "OH! MY!! FREAKING!!! GAWD!!!! That sounds like such an AWESOME evening!! I especially liked the part that you should not have told us. {insert high pitched childish squeal here}" on 14:45:16 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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