{"id":207161,"date":"2021-03-20T20:10:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T17:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/roadie-recalls-george-harrisons-proposal-iggy-pop-stealing-jacket\/"},"modified":"2021-03-20T20:10:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T17:10:03","slug":"roadie-recalls-george-harrisons-proposal-iggy-pop-stealing-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/roadie-recalls-george-harrisons-proposal-iggy-pop-stealing-jacket\/","title":{"rendered":"#Roadie recalls George Harrison’s proposal, Iggy Pop stealing jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Roadie recalls George Harrison’s proposal, Iggy Pop stealing jacket<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s the kind of offer that could make someone kick the habit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tana Douglas had just lit her second cigarette, 30 or so minutes into a conversation with George Harrison, when the former Beatle said: \u201cI would marry you tomorrow if you gave up smoking.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was 1979 and the two were hiding out in the kitchen at a party hosted by Harrison\u2019s neighbor Jon Lord, keyboardist for the heavy metal band Whitesnake. In the living room, a strip<\/a>per \u2014 a birthday present to Harrison that embarrassed him \u2014 danced to the Beatles\u2019 \u201cShe Loves You.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas was the only woman there who wasn\u2019t a stripper. The first female roadie in rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, she hauled equipment and ran lighting for some of the biggest bands in the world \u2014 and often saw them at their worst. Besides Whitesnake, she toured with Elton John (\u201cDuring his brat years, he did drugs and threw tantrums\u201d), Ozzy Osbourne, INXS, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Police and the Go-Go\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey would bring a guy into the dressing room [after a show] and take his clothes off \u2014 debasing, but the guys loved it,\u201d Douglas recalled of the all-girl group.<\/p>\n

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During his TV Eye Tour, Iggy Pop stole Douglas\u2019 beloved leather jacket and then threw it to a fan, who took it.<\/figcaption>
Larry Hulst\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As recounted in her new memoir, \u201cLoud<\/a>\u201d (HarperCollins Australia), Douglas, now in her early 60s, got into the business early. She ran away from her parents\u2019 home in Queensland, Australia, in 1973 at age 15 and joined a group of hippies. When they all wound up at a music festival, she assisted a local pop band in moving equipment: \u201cEverybody started laughing when the guitar player said I would help with the load-out \u2014 and then they kept giving me more and more to handle.\u201d At 17, Douglas was recruited by AC\/DC and living with the band.<\/p>\n

She was taken in by their crew as family, and she held her own.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fit in like a guy. I drank, stayed up late, cursed and loaded trucks just like everyone else,\u201d she told The Post.<\/p>\n

Then there was the time that she helped save the life of AC\/DC vocalist Bon Scott \u2014 during an overdose.<\/p>\n

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The first female roadie in rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, Douglas hauled equipment and ran lighting for some of the biggest bands in the world.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cWe all woke up to a girl screaming about Bon not breathing,\u201d Douglas recalled. \u201cI did CPR and kept him alive until the paramedics came. He survived and we never talked about it. When you\u2019re young, you think you are bulletproof.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1979, Douglas got pregnant by a co-worker on a German music-TV show. She went back to Australia for the birth, left her son with her mother and returned to the road, seeing her boy for a few months at a time during the first years of his life.<\/p>\n

She moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and her son later came to live with her there. Looking back, said Douglas, who is divorced, \u201cI have regrets. But would I do it any differently? Probably not.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Though she happ<\/a>ily retired from the road 20 years ago and has since found new careers \u2014 doing logistics for bands, location work for movies<\/a> and writing \u2014 there is one thing Douglas misses: a leather jacket lost to Iggy Pop.<\/p>\n

During a late \u201970s gig in London, Douglas \u2014 with whom the rock icon had become friendly on his TV Eye tour \u2014 was summoned to the star\u2019s dressing room. \u201cIggy held a mirror with three lines [of cocaine] and he said that he wants me to meet somebody,\u201d she recalled. \u201cA guy stood in the corner and I assumed he was the coke dealer. I told Iggy that he\u2019s got to get on stage. He did a line and handed me the mirror. I figured, \u2018Screw that guy [in the corner],\u2019 and I did both lines. Then Iggy said, \u2018I want you to meet David Bowie.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n

Iggy rushed out to perform, and Douglas stashed her beloved leather jacket under a monitor on stage. \u201cThe show started, Iggy grabbed my leather jacket \u2014 which he\u2019d been unsuccessfully asking to borrow \u2014 and put it on for a song. Then he peeled it off, threw it aside and a fan grabbed it. That\u2019s how Iggy Pop caused me to lose my trademark leather jacket. Maybe it was revenge because I did Bowie\u2019s line.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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