Hey I just wanted to share the meet and greet experience at Orlando this morning!
So i woke up at 7 to get there super early. The Best Buy location was 35-40 mins away from my house AND was on a road near the airport. So as you can imagine, traffic could've been insane, so I needed to give myself some time. Luckily, the traffic wasn't too bad and I got at the location around 8:45. Doors to the store opened at 10, so while my body was taking in the coffee and Everything bagel I got from Dunkins, there was some good folks in line to talk to.
When the store opened, they had us all in the single file line to get our copies. I bought two; for me and the other I am giving to my little brother for his birthday. Then we lined up for the signing, which was a few hours later.
In those few hours, the folks at Best Buy and WJRR rock station began setting up the table area and whatknot.
Not too long after everything was set up, Mark, E-Rock, Garrett, and BRIAN came out to sign! They took their time to talk to each and every fan, and signing everything that was thrown at them.
Like we all know, Mark is just the most humble, nicest rockstar.
I talked to Brian and told him the last time I saw AB play was in St. Petersburg at the Jannus Landing venue, and after the show, they were at the bar grabbing some drinks, and I asked to buy to him a beer! Brian said "Man...I know I had several that night, so I don't remember, but thanks for the brewskie man!"
E-rock had to introduce himself as Eric Friedman...I was like, "aka E-Rock. C'mon man!"
Got to Mark, and again, had to tell him how much he was an influence to me. Probably hears that all the time, but he always seems like he genuinely cares about it.
I also slurred when I talked to him...No, i wasn't drunk. I happen to only had 3hrs of sleep because I was working my job at Disney till 2am. And it was Mark Tremonti.
Garrett was the quiet one out of the 4, but a really nice guy.
Here's the rest of the pics! It was an awesome meet and greet.
I'm blasting the hell outta this record now. Fucking awesome.