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New single by Richard Marx---When You Loved Me
YouTube - When You Loved Me (New Single) - Lyric Video
I've been a big fan of his ever since my wife and I met him at the Hard Rock Cafe in London, just by Hyde Park. It was a mid-week night and, in London, it was about the only place to get food after about 8pm.
There were only about a dozen or so of us in there and several young cute Brit girls kept talking to "this guy" (I had no clue who he was) to play for us. After about a half an hour, he relented. They literally locked the doors (closed for the night), but those of us in there were welcome to stay. He took a guitar off the wall (later found out it was one of HIS guitars) and proceeded to play and sing for almost an hour non stop.
My wife and I were extremely impressed with him to say the least. I noticed he didn't have a British accent, so I just thought he was some American tourist who was talented. Get this, talk about embarrassing, when we were leaving, my wife and I stopped and talked to him for a bit. We thanked him and told him how great he sounded and I suggest that he quit whatever his day job is and consider playing professionally.He must have thought I was an idiot!! But, being a class act, he only said "Really, you think I have what it takes? It's a really brutal industry."
I'll let you imagine our faces when we showed some people pictures of him from when he posed with my wife and I for some pictures (I ought to see if I can find that picture and post it). He had longer hair then, obviously. Still, he was very down to earth especially since this was in the mid-80's and his career was really taking off.