Posts Tagged ‘Tommy Lee’

I love meeting all kinds of people - and of course, having punished myself for years living the musician’s life on the road I get a real kick hanging out with musical wing nuts every chance I get...ah, those road stories and reflections always stir up the old dust (yep, some day I’ll buy myself an old Volkswagon camper Van and hit the road again…this time with Mini and little princess in tow!).  And , you know, what I’ve found over the years having met many celebrities, bigwigs, party people, family people, musicians, artists, moms and dads, and folks of all walks of life – is that we’re pretty much all very much the same. 

Good people are good people, no matter what you’ve gotten up to in your life – and good people can always relate, like old friends. Especially at the table, with good food.

Case in point -  Rockstar LUKAS ROSSI was in the house on Thursday night  – you may remember him from the wildly popular ROCKSTAR:SUPERNOVA phenomenon a few years back – and I had the cool ‘trip’ of cooking, hanging, and smokin’ darts with Lukas and his handler for a couple of hours….funny, the song really does remain the same – no matter who you are, where you’ve been and what you’ve seen. We hit it off like old pals, and he spent some time getting to know our guests around the Supperclub room.

We shot breeze about food, paying our days, working for a dream, staying sober in search of real goals, making waves and staying true to self, our insecurities, and the importance of having only our allies (and great women) by our sides as we help each other figure out this beautiful puzzle of life.  Sound Familiar, friends? The things of life that make us all one and the same…Yep, we truly are all Rock Stars, aren’t we?

And good food, as I’ve always said, breaks down all barriers and unites us at a common table! Of course (note the last name) Lukas is a died-in-the-wool Italian boy and we traded off  food anecdotes (and old Italian swears)  for a bit – and Rossi swears the chow at our Respect is Burning Supperclub would put most L.A. ‘BUZZ’ restaurants in place…and that great Italian food like ours is next to impossible to find – even in the City of Lights.

Duh, no surprise -  we’ve travelled enough to know….’nuff said, my nonnas taught me right!

Ah, look at the bags under the Boy Eyes...Mini's, of course, are perfect!

We had some chuckles about some of his exploits with fellow Rock Gods Tommy Lee (ex Motley Crue), Dave Navarro (ex Jane’s Addiction and ex-hubby to uber-BABE Carmen Electra), Jason Newstead (Metallica, Bassist!) and Gilby Clarke (guitarist legendary Guns n’ Roses!) – whatever he could remember,  as he says that the year and a half after ROCKSTAR: SUPERNOVA was a friggin’ blur of a rocket ride…and that’s, of course, where most musicians definitely can relate.  That having been said, I was getting the old itch..just a quick shot or two of grappa  down the hatch…just to catch that old down n’ dirty rock n’ roll buzz….

Anyways, we both held firm and stayed away from the bar - Lukas never drinks before a show – anymore ;) – and I haven’t had a drink in 3 months (and I won’t till my soon-to-be-born first child and little princess is born…and then look out, wine cellar!)  – and we parted ways with the handshake deal that we’d re-unite for a Godzilla versus King Kong style showdown with a few bottles of good red vino and tequila, and a party of legendary proportion in L.A. sometime soon.  God forbid, and somebody please get me a doctor – I promise I’ll do Sudbury and all of you BIG justice and show the Hollywood Bad Boys that we mean business!!

Love ya, and till next time - EXCELSIOR!!

signed - CHEF WHO WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE ROAD