How does Roger Taylor Treat Fans?

I had a situation pertaining to this topic I would like to put out there to other Queen fans. My simple question is how does Roger Taylor treat his fans. I'm not talking about in public in front of crowds or cameras. I'm talking about people who have either met him in public by happenstance or other fan venues. While the question is simple, my reason for asking it is not. I'd like to explain why.

Last year I did a painting of Queen. The final painting took 7 months studio time and 375 total hours. The painting is huge in size and is full of hidden meanings that reference Queen's legacy in rock and roll history. Each member of Queen is depicted specially according to who they are as individuals and there are over 30 Queen songs hidden in the piece. It will absolutely be the painting that defines my career. Here's link to the painting if you want to see it.

https://pixels.com/featured/queen-the-miracle-victoria-de-almeida.html?allowthisimage=true

I promoted the progressive work on the painting on all my social media outlets. When I finally finished it, I was given the heads up that Brian May saw it and called it, "epic" and said, "Somebody has painted the Queen Masterpiece." I don't want to go into specifics about who my contacts were just to protect their privacy.
After Brian saw it and showed it to Roger, I found out that I would be able to leave 3 copies backstage before the Queen concert in Phoenix on July 16, 2019. I had no word if I would be able to present them to Queen personally or just leave them with an assistant.

I had three high-quality canvas prints made for Roger, Brian, and Adam. I even did original over paints on all three copies so they would be mini originals on their own. I bought each of them a greeting card with a special note. I even gave Brian and Roger birthday cards that sang, "We Will Rock You." when you opened them (both their bdays are in July) In addition I printed out a fact sheet that explained the painting in great detail. There are over 30 Queen easter eggs hidden in the piece. I encourage you to see the painting.

https://pixels.com/featured/queen-the-miracle-victoria-de-almeida.html?allowthisimage=true

News picked up story as well:
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/santa-fe-artists-queen-painting-catches-the-bands-attention/

So on July 15, the day before the concert, I packed my bags and drove 11 hours from Santa Fe to Phoenix to go to the concert and leave copies of my painting for the band.

Let me backtrack and say, the whole reason I did the painting was to honor the legacy of Queen but also because I was CRAZY WILD for Roger Taylor. I so adored him and was such a huge fan that I was determined to meet him. I'm not good at a lot of things, but what I do have faith in, is my art. I felt in my heart of hearts that I could create a painting that would be so good that it would get his attention. So my heart and soul really went into that painting to honor him and what he meant to me as his fan.

The night before the concert I got notification from Brian May's assistant that he would be happy for me to present him his copy PERSONALLY before the Queen concert. I can tell you I LOST MY MIND!!! I couldn't even believe it. I barely slept all night.

That next evening at 6:45 pm I stood in line with about 20 NASA scientists who were all waiting to meet Brian. The assistant came out of the door and did a roll call. Then, she finally said, "Who's my painting lady?" I raised my hand and she said, "He wants to see you first. The rest of you will go in in threes and fours." I was the only fan that night that got a one on one personal meeting with Brian.

We snaked in a line following the assistant backstage and were lined up outside of a door to wait. I stood there at the head of the line in complete disbelief that after 7 mos. work and 375 hours there I was about to meet Brian May.

NOTE: just before I went in the room the assistant brought me a note written with fresh silver sharpie on a piece of copy paper. It was still wet! It was a note graciously and kindly thanking me from Adam Lambert for his copy of the painting. I regretfully folded it up and put it in my back pocket wanting my hands free to meet Brian. Before I knew it, the door opened and I was lead inside.

It was a simple room with a couple of couches caddy-corner and a coffee table. I looked in front of me, nothing. Looked to my right, nothing. Then a turned my head to the left and standing there up against the wall with his hands behind his back looking as nervous and shy as I was, was BRIAN EFFING MAY! I'd liked to have died.

He laughed shyly when he saw me and held his arms out to me. I ran into them and I guess I hugged him too tight because he laughed and said, "wow! your're a good hugger!" I released him embarrassed and then he said, "no, no, it's okay." and hugged me again. Then he asked me to show him the painting and I did. After that his assistant took a couple of pictures of us which I'll cherish for the rest of my life. Then, he actually asked me what he could do for me. The assistant left all of my Queen memorabilia in a bag behind the stage so I didn't even have anything for him to sign. So I asked if I could have a bit of video with him.

The assistant immediately said, "no" and then Brian said, "No, she deserves time with me." I handed her my phone and hit the record button. She supposedly filmed us. Brian just stood there with his arm around me and kissed me on the head twice. After he thanked me so kindly and told me "You know what you are awesome!" to which I dumbly replied, "No, you're awesome!" Then, I walked out the door on cloud nine (BTW the assistant didn't hit play and I got no video of him kissing my head only video of my leaving the room grrrrrrrrr!)

Whatever you positive and good you think about Brian May, times it by a thousand! He was gentle, kind, loving, gracious, intelligent, genuine, lovely and a true English gentleman. In a nutshell, I fell in love with the man instantly.

Now FINALLY to the point, forgive me. I walked out of that room and took a pause reevaluating the situation. Adam wrote me beautiful thank you. BRIAN MAY, rock god, actually put me ahead of 20 NASA scientists to thank me personally and make me feel special for like 7 minutes and WHERE THE HELL WAS ROGER TAYLOR???

I didn't mention this before, but I used that painting to cope through my son's cancer. My son has a rare form of cancer that we're still fighting today. I wrote that very fact on the back of the paintings so all three of them knew about it.

One of my followers texted me a picture of Roger Taylor partying with that has-been jerk Carrot Top the same exact time I was meeting with Brian May.

DId Queen ask me to do that painting? No. Did Queen ask me to spend $1300 on concert tickets? No. Or another $1,000 for travel expenses and canvas prints? No. NO. NO! The point is this. I wasn't just any Queen fan. I wasn't some rich little biotch who's daddy knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone so I could meet Queen. I put every ounce of admiration, labor and love into that painting for 7 months straight. WHAT IS MY POINT?

To the crux of the situation. If there was EVER a time for Roger Taylor to acknowledge a fan, this was it. I didn't really expect Roger to be in the room with Brian (hoping, yes, expecting no) But why couldn't he have done as Adam did and taken less than 2 minutes to scratch, "Thank you, love Roger Taylor"

For all I know he threw that painting aside. I wrote all of my contact information on the back of his painting so if he wanted to thank me he could have very easily. And yes, he was on tour and busy, but so were Adam and Brian and they both went out of their way to acknowledge me.

I will NEVER forget that Brian May took out of his time to make a little nobody fan like me feel special. I'll never forget it and Brian will have a fan in me FOREVER. In th

Very cute style.i find that very refreshing and honest. Congrats on getting their attention. That's very sweet. Aside from that i truly have no idea. Maybe it was a prior engagement. People less different lives. But I've always found Brian to be likely more appreciative of the fan fondness. Maybe Roger is like the late Neil Peart and doesn't wish to engage people he doesn't know. I would not speculate. The one time I'd been aroundRoger he seemed more appreciative of the fellow fellows appreciation. Jockish.
I'm not saying the man has any obligation but what a valued but of memory to have. Very thoughtful and bold of you to do what you did.

He’s a miserable twat
Handful of us waited outside Shepherds Bush Empire back in 199? Something or other - he came out smiled and legged it to his car.
Would have taken him 2 mins :)

I don't really understand why you focus on not getting to meet Roger when Brian gave you all that time and attention. That is a real "glass half empty" way to look at the world. Also, Carrot Top is way funnier than people give him credit for.

Who the hells' 'carrot top' ?

[QUOTE] [b]master marathon runner wrote:[/b]

Who the hells' 'carrot top' ?[/QUOTE]

A stand-up comedian known for his use of props on stage.

I’d have had no expectations from any of them... Roger doesn’t seem the sentimental type about those things anyways. He’s spent most of his life being a celebrity and enjoys living it up. Brian’s more sentimental and acknowledges the fans more... Roger’s more the type to ask a female fan what she’ll be doing after the show.

I have met Roger he was very kind and willing to approach me and other fans. Maybe you were not at the right timing. Since he has a team to do his work and has other things in his minnd, he forgot. Not good behavior anyway.

The original plan was to execute Carrot Top on stage as a sacrifice to Fred's Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda but it was vetoed by one of the sponsors. Hopefully they were able to do it privately instead.

Lovely painting btw.

Mister cosmic has a point. I believe Brian would be the archivist of the band. Him and maybe folks at the fan club would keep that for maybe an interactive archive someday ;) (*all but the nude Polaroid s the gals may have thrown onstage through out their career)

I know if they keep such things that he's got a drawing of mine that i had barely finished before a signing.

John might just appreciate a pack of smokes ;)

Roger seems to have become a bit withdrawn from strangers with advancing age...he seems happy mixing with close friends and family

[QUOTE] [b]badboybez wrote:[/b]

He’s a miserable twat
Handful of us waited outside Shepherds Bush Empire back in 199? Something or other - he came out smiled and legged it to his car.
Would have taken him 2 mins :) [/QUOTE]

"I can't pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend." -- Neil Peart

Some days they're just not in the mood, and there's nothing wrong with that. No need to ascribe personality traits to someone whom you've never met because he didn't feel like signing the umpteenth autograph and engage in small talk with people he'll never see again.

No matter how many of these stories we hear, it's still a tiny sample size. Rock stars meet tens of thousands of strangers over the decades - something most of us will never be able to relate to.

Touring musicians put their bodies and minds through hell for months at a time so that their fans can have fun for two hours. They don't owe anyone anything beyond that. Anything else is a bonus. It seems rock stars become "miserable twats" only when we begin with a sense of entitlement to their time beyond what they've already given us, but most people don't think about it that way.

[url]https://pixels.com/featured/queen-the-miracle-victoria-de-almeida.html?allowthisimage=true[/url]

Made the painting link clickable.

in answer to the thread title:

does he take them out to dinner, on to a nightclub, then a quick knee-trembler behind the bins?