Dear Ann and Helen: You sweet dolls. You WILL, I bet, meet them and you'll
just die!!!! That feeling I got when the Road Angel led me back
stage...I'll never forget Pat Simmons standing at the end of this long,
black corridor with his silver flowing hair...it was like a near-death
experience!!
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 1:00 PM
To: Dorman, Gina (CPS)
Cc: Doobie Brothers
Subject: Re: Where Would You Be Now?
The Doobies have been such a MAJOR part of my life, I CANNOT even
begin to
imagine where I would be without them! When your life has been
changed by
the lyrics and music of ONE bands songs you just KNOW in your heart
that
there is more to this band than just the music. I have not yet had
the
pleasure to meet the band or to carry on a conversation with them or
their
families, but the GOOD LORD willing, Helen and I will be on the way
to
SARATOGA one week from today and maybe we will be so fortunate to
meet the
fan club members, the band and possibly a family member or two. We
have
already met some wonderful people through this fan club and I am
truly
THANKFUL to the Doobie Brothers for their web page and fan club. I
have not
been a member of this club for very long but have been a fan for 27
years
and as a fan we ALL have one common bond and that is OUR Doobie
Brothers.
There is no doubt among any of us that we follow not only a band but
a group
of fellows that are genuinely caring, giving,selfless people as
evidenced by
the many charities that they support and the show that they provide
to the
fans (90 minutes of CONSTANT rock 'n roll) so YES Gina, a definite
AMEN to
all that you said and DITTO from Helen. We hope to see many of you
in
SARATOGA, if not there, we'll meet one day, this band has survived
30 years!
AMAZING!!!
Ann & Helen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dorman, Gina (CPS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 9:11 AM
Subject: Where Would You Be Now?
> Where would YOU be without the Doobies, the Doobie fans list and
the fan
> club? It's just a rhetorical question.
> After a lengthy and aimless journey through the information
highway, the
> prodigal has returned. And do you know what? NO ONE and I
repeat, NO One
> loves their fans, plays for their fans, and has a fan club like
the Doobie
> Brothers! I visited a formerly pink-haired, pretty-faced 70's
rock star's
> web site (whose name I shall not mention) and his fan club has a
fee to
> belong! Not that I'm a cheap skate or anything. Just found that
> interesting. One fan posted on this particular rock star's message
board
> stating she came all the way from the northwest to Virginia to see
him at
a
> recent concert and have him sign her poster. He said to her,
"I'll get
back
> to you later." He never did. Sad, I thought, since the woman now
42, had
> been a fan since she was 16. Thank god I didn't carry that big of
a torch
> for ole Mr.Talk Box! (figured out who he is yet?) He thinks he's
hot stuff
> just because The Simpsons gave him a part in one of their shows!
I
> shouldn't be so mean. But, what does he have that Pat Simmons
doesn't
> have!!? Well for one thing, he certainly hasn't done his guitar
playing
> homework like Pat and John and Tom!!! And what else do they have
that
this
> nameless rock star doesn't?... H-A-I-R!!!! Sorry, I just
couldn't
resist.
>
> In less than a year as a member of this fan club, I have had my
Doobie
> dreams fulfilled beyond my wildest imagination. Please permit me
to brag
if
> you will: In February, I received a personal phone call from Pat
Simmons
> thanking me for a peacock feather earring I made for him. He
thanked ME!
> Should have been the other way around. (that phone is now kept in
a shoe
box
> in my closet. Shshssh...don't tell the kids!) In June, I went to
Vegas
and
> saw them 3 times. "Someone" was very generous. I not only saw
them close
> enough to see the sweat beading off their foreheads but
afterwards, a Road
> Angel (she knows who she is) took me back stage and I met her
husband (the
> Master of Soothe), John, Keith, and Big Mike. Keith and Katie ate
the
> chocolate chip cookies I baked. The Doobies were true gentlemen
who held
> real conversations with me and unselfishly obliged all of my crazy
picture
> shenanigans even after rocking hard for 90 minutes. Their wives
are
> beautiful and, even when far from their homes, have the
hospitality of
> southern belles.
> The sweetness and generosity of the Doobies and their music is
> infectious. It pervades the consciousness of its fans. While at
the
Vegas
> concert, we sat next to a cute little couple (you know who you
are) from
the
> fan club who caught one of Keith's autographed drumsticks, and
turned it
> over to us saying, "we have plenty of these. It's your turn." I
have
shared
> and received several handmedown tapes, pictures, and Doobie
memorabilia
with
> other fans from around the country without pettiness or any
who-owes-who
> crap. As one fan club member put it, "money not accepted here,
sailor"
(and
> you know who you are). And then, there are the toys for those
sick
> tots---BRB, I need a tissue---snort!---ok--- no doubt those kids
will be
> inundated with gifts!
> Outsiders would call us fanatics. At times, we laugh at
ourselves. But
> has it ever been in vain? I don't think so.Tommy sing-preaches
the words,
> "I gotta know know know where would ya be right now, dahlin?..."
Do I get
> an amen?
> Bon Voyage to all going to Saratoga and may your Doobie Dreams
come true!
> Unconditionally Doobified,
> gina "cinderella" dorman
>
>
>
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