I had the chance to hang out (i.e. work) for the guys from Chickenfoot on Memorial Day.  For those of you not familiar with them, they are a new group made up of a few names you may know: Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony (both of Van Halen), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Joe Satriani (one of the worlds best guitar players in my opinion).

They were coming into the studio’s to record some interview with a guy in LA and needed someone there to push the buttons and make it happen.  That someone ended up being me.  So I came in on Memorial Day to help the guys out and in my opinion, get to be around some legends.  Maybe we would become friends and they would take me on the road or maybe Sammy would think I was swell and ask me to come to Cabo to DJ at his club and move into his guest house.  Or, I would just get paid for my hour of work and they would forget me before they were even done and I would just have the memory of the time I got to hang out (I mean work) with them for an hour.

So here is my dilemma.  As we were finishing up, I asked to get my picture taken with all of them.  If anything, I thought that would be something cool I could put up next to my picture of Phil Donahue and Twiggy the water skiing Squirrel on my desk.  They were cool with that and it actually could be the best picture I have ever taken.

I then walked them to the elevator as a good host would, while also giving them another chance to maybe see if I wanted to go spend the rest of the day drinking with them and showing them around town, but as they entered the elevator that hope all but went away.  As the doors closed and I turned to walk away, Sammy Hagar said “Oh..hold on” and stopped the doors from closing and started to come my way.  Was it my sorry sad face wave goodbye that made him stop?  Or did he need me to validate his parking?  Well, it was neither.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet and a few scraps of paper.  He searched through his pile and passed me a guitar pic and said “Here you go…thanks!” and then went back in the elevator with the rest of the guys.  As I looked at the pic, it  had his signature on 1 side  and the other side said Chickenfoot and All Access on it.  Now, this made me think.  Was he giving me some super cool All Access pass to their show at the the Middle East in Cambridge?  Back in the day, you would get a plastic type pass for that so maybe this was a unique way Chickenfoot was handing them out.  Or, is this just some little prop he tosses out to the crowd.  You know, the kind people tackle each other over so they can bring it to show and tell at work and say “Yeah….Sammy Hagar gave this to me”.

Part of me wants to think this is an All Access way into the show.  I mean, I did just work for the guy and did a pretty good job.  Maybe this is his way of saying thanks to me.  Maybe he keeps them in his pocket in case he meets super hot chicks while walking around and he reserves these for them, but gave up 1 of his hot chic pics so I can come hang out with them, drink a ton of Cabo and have a good time.  My fear is that I will show up at the Middle East and be like “Ummm Sammy Hagar gave this to me to hang out with the group” and they bouncer will laugh at me and kick me out.  In that case, I will feel like a tool which is never good.  But, what if this really is my ticket in and I just put it in my drawer as a memento of the day I met them and find out later I missed out on a really cool time?

So what do I do?  If only he gave me his cell # so I could call and be  like “Sammy…it’s your good pal Big Daddy and I just wanted to thank you again for this guitar pic.  Will I be seeing you tonight?”.  Then if he says “You better be…I don’t just give those to anyone, especially guys named Big Daddy”, then I know to show up.  If he is like “Who?  What pic?” and then starts yelling to his manager about why I am calling him and how did I get his number, then I know to not show up and carry on with life as I know it.

Here I am at almost 1PM not sure if I should show up or just forget about it.  In any case, I have a cool picture with the group and a potentially All Access guitar pic that I will never use.  Take a look at the pics of the pic and you tell me what to think.