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Four Play wrote:Just to clarify, neither Jimmy nor the body guards were rude. Jimmy was leaving and Charleston was just doing his job. The team works incredibly well together and it was amazing to see them in action as Jimmy was getting ready to leave.

Sidew13 wrote:

Four Play wrote:Just to clarify, neither Jimmy nor the body guards were rude. Jimmy was leaving and Charleston was just doing his job. The team works incredibly well together and it was amazing to see them in action as Jimmy was getting ready to leave.

Charleston is VERY cool. AND VERY BIG . If he ask you to move, you better move. At the CiP in Ashville, he was having to get the people back for when JB showed up. A few people looked at him as if to ask "who are you", and gave him a hard time. He was POed. When he approached the Cathy, J, Kristi, and myself we said no problem. And as we walked off to the side with him we talked and joked. That's when he became a big ol teddybear . We also ran into him befor that in KW during MOTM. On Thursday(when JB showed up), a group of us met Charleston and Mac walking down Duval St. Once again Charleston started to relax when all we did was ask Mac how he was doing and then let him go on his way.
What a great guy.

SchoonerWharf wrote:Hmmm so just for the record let me get this straight....after asking others to respect his privacy.....

You actually tried to talk to him and shoved a cell phone in his face to talk to people u didn't have the right number for...

then accosted other members of the band for a picture....

oh well....i guess if for some bizarre reason I had the desire to try and make good with the "Balcony Girls" this would make a lot of sense....

MikeInNOLA wrote:Perhaps...if the poster ever has a chance at a "Jimmy moment", our old friend karma will be there to intercept

Four Play wrote:Here is my story from Saturday night. If you were there, please respect Jimmy's privacy by not disclosing the location.

I had made dinner reservations for Saturday night. As soon as we walked in I saw the bodyguards in a booth near the bar. We were seated at a table next to Michael Utley, Mac Macanally and Roger Guth. We ordered drinks and realized that Jimmy was in a booth 4 or 5 tables down from us. We stayed at our table throughout the evening and didn't bother a soul. Ralph Macdonald also walked by several times.

After a while, Charleston walked back toward Jimmy's table and gave a hand signal to the other body guards that they were leaving. On the way out, Jimmy stopped at Mac and Utley's table and had a word with them. Realizing I didn't have but a second as Jimmy walked by, I dialed the Balcony Girls number and motioned to Jimmy with the phone. Charleston tapped me on the shoulder in warning but I looked at Jimmy and said "No, it's the Balcony Girls". He stopped in his tracks, smiled and said "Oh it's the Balcony Girls!" I handed him the phone as it was still ringing. I told him to leave a voicemail so he did. I'm paraphrasing but basically he said "Hey Balcony Girls this is Jimmy, I'll see you tomorrow night". (Edit - Jimmy patted me on the shoulder and smiled as he handed back the phone.)

To top off the evening, as we were leaving I politely asked Mac and Utley if I could have a picture with them. They were extremely nice and I enjoyed talking to them briefly.

What a way to start a concert weekend - thank you LesPaul30, and thank you Balcony Girls!

DonnaKayDunbar wrote:If Les hadn't called DKD and Q... there wouldn't be a story involving the balcony girls.

Four Play wrote:The "story" was already over at that point. I just needed the right number for BG so I could tell her about it. Thanks for getting it though, I think it made her night.

Four Play wrote:Reading back, I can see how the phone number issue is confusing. Let me try to clarify...

Last week BG sent me a PM with her cell phone number. I scrolled down to the number as Jimmy was approaching and hit Send. He left the message and gave me back the phone. I called the number after we left and it went straight to voicemail.

Back at Margarita Mama's we ran into Big Phan. Thinking something was strange, I asked her for the number to confirm. She had the same number in her phone that I did. I called lesphoto to get the correct number. He called DKD and called me back. As it turned out, a couple of the numbers were transposed.

I did leave a follow-up message on the wrong # with an explanation, but I haven't heard anything back.

Four Play wrote:Judging from a couple of PM's, it seems I gave a poor impression of the setting.

nycparrothead wrote:I'm just suprised that Bill didn't set Jimmy on fire and try to jump over him...

HsvParrothead wrote:I hope somebody isnt giving you crap over the alleged "invasion of Privacy"

Four Play wrote:Here is my story from Saturday night. If you were there, please respect Jimmy's privacy by not disclosing the location.


Realizing I didn't have but a second as Jimmy walked by, I dialed the Balcony Girls number and motioned to Jimmy with the phone. Charleston tapped me on the shoulder in warning but I looked at Jimmy and said "No, it's the Balcony Girls". He stopped in his tracks, smiled and said "Oh it's the Balcony Girls!" I handed him the phone as it was still ringing. I told him to leave a voicemail so he did. I'm paraphrasing but basically he said "Hey Balcony Girls this is Jimmy, I'll see you tomorrow night". Jimmy patted me on the shoulder and smiled as he handed back the phone. Unfortunately I later discovered that I had the wrong number programmed, so she didn't get the message.

To top off the evening, as we were leaving I politely asked Mac and Utley if I could have a picture with them. They were extremely nice and I enjoyed talking to them briefly.