In her satin tights

Anyone who knows anything about my autograph collecting knows I started it to get Lynda Carter's autograph. She was the first autograph I ever wanted in my life. I remember back as a little kid wanting a signed photo of her in the 'Wonder Woman' costume. I've had success three times through the mail but now I have a bunch of stuff that I dream of having signed. These are items too rare or big to take a chance on mailing to her and not ever getting them back. Now thanks to my awesome friend Joey, I have an In-Person success of her on one of these type of items.

Lynda Carter - In Person: 6/22/07. Lynda is doing a series of cabaret style concerts. My friend Joey has seen her twice already, including this past Friday when she performed in LA. I sent him this incredibly rare Japanese photo guidebook of the TV show 'Wonder Woman' and he was able to get Lynda to sign it for me! This was the type of item that if I sent it to her and it got lost it in the mail or was never returned, I could probably never find it again to replace (or be able to afford to replace it). He even sent me a photo of her signing it. Thank you so much Joey. You have no idea what it meant to me that you did this for me.

Lynda Carter In-Person success (click to enlarge)

Star Spangled 'Graphs Part 2

I mentioned "Star Spangled Celebration" on Friday's post. I went back to the three day country music event on Saturday and scored some more autographs.

Josh Turner - In Person: 6/23/07. This was Josh's third appearance at the festival. Every time he comes back he's bigger than he was the last time. This was no exception. His show was very good. Prior to the show he signed his latest CD insert for me. Not only am I looking forward to his next studio album, but he has a Cracker Barrel exclusive "Live" CD coming out in a few weeks that I want to get. "Long Black Train", "Your Man", "Would You Go With Me" and "Me And God" are some of his hit songs.


Josh Turner's latest CD (click to enlarge)

Chris Young - In Person: 6/23/07. Chris Young was last years winner of "Nashville Star" (A country music version of "American Idol"). He's released two single so far "Drinkin' Me Lonely" and "You're Gonna Love Me". His album is great, he did an excellent concert but like many of the other Nashville Star winners he really hasn't taken off. A shame. Hopefully that "Nashville Star curse" will end soon and he'll get the success he deserves. My favorite song on his album is "Flowers".


Chris Young (click to enlarge)

I should add in that Ronnie Milsap performed at the festival too (he was awesome). Very friendly and did an outstanding show. I met him backstage before his show. He did not sign autographs during the meet & greet though. Billy Currington performed a very disappointing short show before walking out halfway (due to an "medical emergency"). He managed to tell off the crowd and cancel his meet & greet before leaving the venue. So had that not happened, I would have had his autograph for my collection as well.

I didn't attend the festival on Friday but some co workers went and got these two items signed for me.

Jason Aldean - In Person: 6/22/07. Jason just released his second album which contains his current hit titled "Johnny Cash". His previous hits include "Hicktown", "Why" (his first #1) & "Amarillo Sky". He signed the "Relentless" CD insert for me (the new album I mentioned). I thought it was a good idea to get his autograph now while he's a rising artist. He's going places!

Jason Aldean (click to enlarge)

Heartland - In Person: 6/21/07. Last summer Heartland had a huge hit song called "I Loved Her First". It was great to see a good quality song become a hit and even more surprising to see it happen because they are not signed to a major record label. They signed their debut album CD insert for me.


Heartland (click to enlarge)

Who you gonna call?

It's always exciting when a big name lands in the mailbox. Just like what I found in the mailbox this morning.

Dan Ackroyd - Sent: 8/29/06 Received: 6/22/07. Dan Ackroyd has over 30 years of credits to his resume, including being an original cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and an originator of "The Blues Brothers". He was kind enough to sign my Ghostbusters photo ("Report all ghosts!) and two photos from "Driving Miss Daisy". A great legend for my collection. He has a new movie titled "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" which I plan on seeing when it's released next month.



Dan Ackroyd from "Ghostbusters" (above) and "Driving Miss Daisy" (below).

Star Spangled 'Graphs

There is a great 3 day country music festival near where I live called 'Star Spangled Celebration'. I attended last night and scored some new autographs for my collection.

The Wreckers - In Person: 6/21/07. The Wreckers are a new country music duo consisting of pop singer Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp. I love their debut CD, especially the title track "Stand Still, Look Pretty". Other hits on the disc include "Leave The Pieces" and "My, Oh My". A missed flight delayed the start of their show and then bad weather forced the evacuation of the outside venue and their meet and greet. However a contact I had who works for them was kind enough to take this on the bus and get this autograph signed for me.


The Wreckers debut CD insert signed to me

Darryl Worley - In Person: 6/21/07. I've met Darryl Worley a few times but this was the first time I was able to see one of his full concert shows and get his autograph. He came on after a big rain storm and delivered a bunch of his hit songs like "I Miss My Friend", "Awful Beautiful Life" and "A Good Day To Run". Very nice guy and tall (He clocks in at 6'6"!). Darryl also recently appeared in Playgirl magazine.


Darryl Worley signed CD insert

Dierks Bentley - In Person: 6/21/07. Dierks was the evenings headliner performer. The weather had delayed his show some too. It didn't end until 12:30am. A long rainy wet night but a lot of fun. While I'm not huge fans of all the male country music singers, (I prefer the female vocalists a little better) I really am into Dierks music. Every time I've met him he's a consistently super nice and a fun guy to talk to. His hits include "What Was I Thinkin", "Come A Little Closer", "Every Mile A Memory" and my personal favorite "Long Trip Alone". By the way he did an incredible rendition of the Barbara Mandrell classic "Fast Lanes & Country Roads" on her tribute CD.


This is Dierks latest CD, which he signed the insert of for me.

It was just a matter of time

With a staple of country music classics like "Forever & Ever, Amen", "Diggin' Up Bones", "1982" "Three Wooden Crosses" and "On The Other Hand" Randy Travis has been a bona fide country music superstar for over twenty years now.

Randy Travis - In Person: 6/8/07. It's been almost 20 years since I saw Randy Travis in concert last. His show was chalked full of a bunch of hit songs and he was very nice backstage before the show. Although he didn't sign a lot of items backstage, he was kind enough to sign this CD insert for me. It's hard for me to pick a favorite song of his but if I was forced too, I would probably say "Look Heart, No Hands". Hopefully it won't be another 20 years before I get to see his show again.


Randy Travis (by the way this In Person signature matches a TTM sign I obtained prior to starting this blog perfectly).

Can it with the camera, Jimmy Olsen

With Canadian postage on the return envelope, I scored another success from 'Smallville" today in the mail.

Aaron Ashmore - Sent: 10/16/06 Received: 6/6/07. Aaron is the twin brother of Shawn Ashmore (who plays "Iceman" in the "X-men" movies). Ironically Aaron has a reoccurring role as another comic book character, "Jimmy Olsen" on "Smallville". He will become a series regular with the next season starting this fall. His previous work included guest stints on "The West Wing" and "Veronica Mars". I was very excited to add this to my collection.


Aaron Ashmore, a new series regular on "Smallville".

Monthly recap: May

Here's how the month shaked out for me.

Monthly recap: May 2007 autographs

Autographs received TTM (real or believed to be): 1

Out of that number, the amount that were purchased: 0

Pre prints: 0

RTS: 0

Other: 5 In-Person's

Total sent out in May: 1