THE ULTIMATE PARTY CRASHER
If you live in Los Angeles, eventually you will have an “Only in LA” moment. I’ve had a few, but nothing quite as cool as what happened to a friend of MeHubs Sunday night.
His friend, whom I am not going to name per his request, lives in the Pacific Palisades. For those of you who do not live in SOCAL, it’s a very wealthy community in the hills above Pacific Coast Highway.
He and his wife went out to dinner Sunday evening only to come home to a huge party taking place at a neighbor’s home a few doors down. But it wasn’t just any party— playing live in the backyard was some of the biggest names in Rock ‘N’ Roll.
This is how MeHubs friend describes what happened that night:
I came home from dinner with my wife and heard ”Who are you” coming from a neighbors yard. We laughed that it sounded just like Roger Daltry….then a few minutes later we heard Dave Grohl do a 45 min solo acoustic set.
I could not resist going over there when I heard the unmistakeable voice of Robert Plant playing Zeppelin songs. I grabbed my flip video camera and tried to crash the party. Security was tight, but you could see the stage from the street about 20 feet away. I tried the side entrance and then the back entrance-it was not happening. When I went to the front entrance again I saw my friend coming out of the show, he handed me a wristband and I WAS IN!
I cruised right up to the tequila bar and had a chilled Patron on the rocks while Robert Plant and his Band of Joy rocked for an hour. I filmed the attached video and it was a night to remember and share with all of you.
((***OKAY, IF YOU HAVEN’T YET, NOW IS THE TIME TO CLICK THE VIDEO LINK ABOVE*****))
When the show was over, I walked back stage and met Robert Plant. I asked him to sign the lyrics from Black Dog (that I took from the stage).
As he was signing it, I said, ”Hey Robert, I just want you to know that I am a neighbor and I crashed this party tonight!”
He said with a smile, ”Thats Excellent!”
He then shook my hand and that was it. Pretty cool huh?
Turns out these legends in rock were playing his neighbor’s backyard for a fundraiser for the teenage cancer trust charity. And yes, for the record, he plans on making a donation to the charity.
