This is absolutely crazy!! We met and talked to Dave Grohl, the lead singer of the Foo Fighters. In Michael's words "a music legend that has change music TWICE" (he was also the drummer in Nirvana). As many of you know, Michael, most of the time, likes to do everything in the most efficient way. We usually have a plan and follow it. Saturday morning in KC we didn't really have a plan. We woke up late (we shouldn't and haven't stayed awake until two in the AM for a long time!), took our time getting ready and then got our car out of valet ready to leave the hotel. When we were leaving they told us there was a parade going on, so we thought, maybe we should check it out. SO-we drove our car about 1 1/2 blocks to park in another garage to check out this parade. The whole time we were walking to the parade we couldn't stop laughing about how we were SO CLOSE to our hotel that we could see were stayed and could also see Union Station and how it connected from our hotel by sky walk. Needless to say, not the most efficient route to getting to the parade or starting our adventure for the day...BUT if we wouldn't have taken this round about way this may have never happened...
We were walking to Union Station from the parade and said "hey there is a tour bus-maybe it is the Foo Fighters!!" Yah right like it would be them. Then we see a guy who looks like he could totally be with Foo Fighters and then we walk around the end of the bus and who looks up at us...but Dave Grohl himself. I thought we were seriously going to pee our pants. I look over at Michael and he looks like he is shaking. I just pushing the stroller over to him and thinking we are going to meet Dave Grohl. Holy crap. Then he starts to walk away and we ask the bus driver. He says that he can't say what he will do but he is just going to get his motorcycle and he will be right back. He also said that his is super nice and maybe he can take a picture but he is just the driver :) So about 3 minutes later here comes Dave on his bike. I just started talking to him to ask him for a picture. Telling him how much Finnean loves the Foo Fighters and his is just 2 1/2, that he can sing the songs. He just walks right up the boys, shakes Michael's hand and starts talking directly to Finnean. It was crazy, crazy awesome. He was such a nice guy and I am so glad that we didn't take the most efficient route that morning!!
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| Dave Grohl on his rocking Harley...yes it is really him!!! |
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Dave: You like the Foo Fighters, little man? Well I am the lead singer of the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl.
Finnean: That's cool.
Seriously that is what he said. Finnean wasn't scared or shy, he just listened to his every word. It was so cool. |
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| Love Michael's face in this one...like holy crap. I am talking to Dave Grohl. Dave was telling them about his two daughters who are two and five and said it is pretty cool that Finnean likes the Foo Fighters because they don't. |
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| Hutchinson---you were there too! |
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| Just plain awesome. |
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This is my paparazzi picture...I just couldn't stop!! It was such an awesome experience. We just kept saying all day..."Did that really just happen?" "We just met Dave Grohl!" It was so fun! It made the concert that was already amazing (3 hours long) even better to know that he is such a nice guy and took a few minutes to talk to the boys. It is something that Michael and I will never forget and I am guessing that Finnean won't either! He told our friend, "I met the Foo Fighter guy." You know-no big deal. He also saw the picture on our computer back drop (the posed pic) and said, "That's the Foo Fighters singer, he had a black motorcycle." So we think that he knows it was pretty cool too :) Michael said that if you were to ask him a famous person that he wanted to meet Dave Grohl would have been at the top of his list. Seriously, that is some 30th birthday present, a rocking concent and then you get to meet your favorite rock legend. He said that he has a lot to live up to for my 30th birthday!!
Happy Birthday Michael Wagler!! |
4 comments:
Just came across this photo and thats me on the bottom picture with my back to the camera in the black jacket. They are friends of mine and I flew in for the concert from Denver. I remember you guys talking to Dave. Great show wasn't it. The people in the picture are Dave Grohl,Rami Jaffee and John Riniker
Hi John, thanks for your comment. It was a pretty amazing experience and we can't wait to go again. We can only wish that we would get to meet Dave or any of the foo fighters again! Just curious of how you came across the picture? I always wonder how people find our blog!
Thanks!!
Courtney
Just looking at images online and was looking for a picture of Daves bike (the red and white one) and saw your image and clicked on it. I also just got back from Malibu staying at Rami's house and riding cycles had a blast. My cousin is Butch Vig who produced the Wasting Light record.
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