So dorky ol’ me decided to give Rockline a call AND I SPOKE TO NEAL SCHON!

I met Gregg Rolie a few months ago…so two down…

Okay, maybe I got a little too comfy with him, but I was totally not groping Gregg Rolie!!

I just want someone to cuddle with.

All I have is the memory of practically tackling Gregg Rolie.

…

Close enough.

I showed the picture of Gregg Rolie and I to the directors at the high school I student teach at, and this is what they said:

Dr. A: Might’ve just tackled him.

Mr. F: You were a groupie in a former life.

shewalkslikealady replied to your post: OMG OMG OMG I MET GREGG ROLIE!!!!

OMG TELL ME HOW IT HAPPENED! :D

Hehe, he performed here on the 23rd in Austin, TX with a blues guitarist, a drummer, and a bassist. I bought my ticket when I first found out about it.

The day came for the concert at a nice, intimate theater. I was probably about 20 feet from the piano! 

The music was bluesy, pretty chill. They even played “Look Into the Future”, and a really cool, smooth version of “Don’t Be Cruel” (by Elvis Presley) that I really loved.

He had a small Q&A session in the middle of the concert, and being the dork that I am, I raised my hand. So there I was, standing with a microphone in my hand, while GREGG FREAKIN’ ROLIE is standing onstage, looking at me as I embarrassingly fumble through the words of my question. (I asked something about Dream, After Dream.)

After the concert, the ushers said he was going downstairs to meet everybody! I wasn’t sure if he was going to sign stuff, but I was going to take a record anyway, just in case. I FORGOT. Luckily, I had all my Journey CDs in my car, so I thought “Hmmm…which one shall I have him sign?”

I waited in the reasonable line for autographs, and I got to talk to the drummer Ron Wikso and the bassist “Sticky Lopez” (I forgot his real name). When I finally got to Gregg, I was again dumbfounded, BUT, I managed to get an autograph on my Infinity CD and an embarrassing picture with him!!!

I squealed in my car on the way home.

Oh yeah! I might’ve been the youngest one there…

OMG OMG OMG

I MET GREGG ROLIE!!!!

I wonder if Journey fans back then were as crazy as us tumblr people.

If we were teenagers in the 80s and lived in the same town, we’d have sleepovers and swoon with each others’ Journey posters as we clutch our LPs to our chest after kissing them, then argue over who would marry which Journey member because we’re in love with all of them, then scream when we hear Journey play on the radio as we proceed to swoon over Steve’s voice, and it goes on and on and on and on…

So Gregg Rolie is playing in Austin on January 23rd.

$25 are the cheapest tickets. Strongly considering.

Only about 70 seats left?! I’d better decide soon.

EDIT:

Oh wait, NVM. There are plenty of seats available…

…but only six $25 tickets…

What’s this? Gregg Rolie’s going to play in Austin on January 30th?

Better start saving up! It would be nice to have someone to go with, too…