Date:         Sat, 8 Mar 2008 13:48:09 -0500
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Comments: To: Bill Bowman <bill@BNNTA.COM>
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Its truly amazing the stories we can tell!  And to think this all
started out as a "wise ass" reply to a tongue in cheek remark!

I wonder in 30 years from now if the current generation of music
"artists" will be as fondly remembered......

Ric



At 01:17 PM 3/8/2008, Bill Bowman wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I was a flight attendant for TWA for 26 years (now I'm with AA) and early
>one morning I found myself in the doorway of a L-1011 greeting boarding
>passengers when I notice a few musicians boarding.  A minute later I see
>Frank Zappa and a manager heading down the jetway towards me.  I greeted him
>by name which seemed to surprise him, that I would know who he was.  I knew
>that he had performed the night before in St. Louis and was now flying with
>TWA to Kansas City for a another concert that night.
>
>Later on while in-flight I served them beverages and we chit-chatted and
>then while on approach to K.C. I was summoned to his seat.  Other
>crewmembers had told him that a few of us F/As we were staying in K.C that
>night.  He asked if I would be staying there, and promptly offered us
>tickets and backstage passes to that evenings show at Kemper Arena.  Long
>story short, it was an amazing night, a GREAT and inovative show (we enjoyed
>it from the 3rd row center), and the highlight was being invited afterward
>to hang out backstage in their lounge while local K.C. radio folk and
>celebrities passed through to "meet and greet" with Frank and the band.
>Everytime we'd get up to leave to make room for others, he'd insist that we
>should stay and hang out.  So we did and had a great evening and lots of fun
>memories.  It was sad to hear that he had passed away, and I still have his
>autograph on his TWA boarding card as well as the backstage passes mounted
>under glass on the roll-top desk that I'm typing this e-mail from.  This
>topic brought back some warm memories!  I've flown a lot of celebrities, and
>quite a few musicians over the years, but none were more memorable than
>Frank!
>
>Bill Bowman