My Groupie Ways

Last night I was rummaging through the drawers in my room frantically looking for . . . I forget what, when I stumbled upon my autograph book. Yes, I had a book for autographs that I carried in my purse everywhere just in case I chanced upon a celebrity. See, my groupie ways started long ago. It brought back memories of me walking up to some guys like Bebe Cool and asking for an autograph only for him to tell me it’s not ‘rasta’ but because I smiled and batted my eyelashes for him, he signed one for me anyway. Here is my celebrity list. Some I don’t know to whom they belong since their signatures are barely legible, and well the rest are quite obvious.

This one is by our very own Ivan of The Edge. Yes, he is a celebrity. Don’t ask me how, I also don’t know but he is one if I declare him one!

Ah. And then there’s Maurice Kirya. I remember walking up to him at Garden City and he must have been with his girlfriend but I told him I was a big fan anyway and totally ignored her. Shoo, who does she think she is to go dating hot men who can play guitar and not expect other women to swoon over them!

Oh yeah, Gatimo. He did one song that I know of but hey, it was playing on radio so in my books that makes him celebrity status.

Peter Miles and Menshun are like peas in a pod. I reckon I met them together still. I’m actually not sure where I met these two but I remember wondering who they were even when a friend of mine was pushing me to get their autographs. She was more conversant with the local celeb scene and she knew my autograph collection mission.

Ragga Dee was hanging with Bebe Cool when I met him. I can’t seem to find Bebe Cool’s autograph however. I musta gotten mad at him for saying autographs are not cool enough for him so I tore it out of the book. Ah well.

Don’t ask me why I have Saggy’s autograph. I can’t even imagine how I managed to walk up to him and ask him for one. He IS a celebrity for sure but not one I would like to associate with. My book does not discriminate however.

These two, I’m not sure where I got them. I am almost certain the bottom one was from that guy that used to be Dr. Bbosa on That’s Life Mwattu. Yeah, in fact I think it is him. I walked up to him in the lobby of La Bonita Theatre when I had gone to watch ballet by the Nagginda. I actually wanted her to sign an autograph for me but she had waay too much security around her I chickened out.

So, I have sold myself that I’m a bit of a groupie. I was young and enthusiastic. What?!