Forenote- I'm not going to leave anything out whether embarrasing or no, because I wouldn't want to be cheated of the experience either!
It was a Saturday, Saturday 24th July 2004, and my first night out being an 18 year old (that's the legal age to do everything in Australia, well almost everything, lol) And I knew Brett would be playing with his brother Grant's band 'The Gas' at The Rocks. My brother decided to take me, being the sweet brother he is (just that very morning, he'd had my cricket Australia top personalised to be just like Bretts!)
So we arrived there and I got my very first chance of displaying my proof of age card to the world lol. I got in and they were already playing. I was ecstatic because I could just see Binga's head. Lol, I hate being short! Anyway I pushed..err.. excused myself through the crowd till I got a good position and could see the whole band, well I could mostly just see Brett and Luke, but I did get chances of seeing Grant and Craig now and then.(Luke, Grant and Craig are the other members of The Gas) Anyway yea, they were awesome, playing a mixture of songs from, believe it or not, Gwen Stefani!! to the Jacksons! The lead singer Craig was extremely talented! Anyway i'll get to the Brett part :P
After hours of playing non-stop, they finally decided to have a break. At this point the pub had double the amount of people there than when we first walked in! So seeing an opportunity, I made my way to the front of the pub (with help from my bro and his fiance) and before I knew it, there he was, my idol, standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!
One thing I can vividly remember is that he was drowned in the red light from the stage and he was sweating like crazy. So I pulled myself together and walked up to him and- 'Brett, could I please get a photo with you?' and he said- 'Yea sure!' Then while waiting for my bro's fiance to get the camera ready I looked up at him (he's tall don't forget)and said - 'Brett your my idol!' which he mustn't have heard because he replied 'what?' so I changed it and said 'I wanna be a fast-bowler like you' and he replied with a smile 'Thanks!' The camera was ready at this time so I put my arm around his back and he put his arm around my shoulder, then he lifted his arm off and adjusted it more comfortably I suppose lol, because I do remember him lifting his arm off then putting it back on. Anyway the picture was taken and I said 'Thanks Brett!' He headed off.
I was thrilled for the rest of the night, it was soooooo awesome!! And I recommend seeing The Gas, with or without Binga!
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