Bucks Burnett’s namedroppermedia.com

If the story’s good enough, or the celebrity’s big enough, name dropping isn’t always a tacky social faux pas. For neighborhood resident and avid music fan Bucks Burnett, it’s a way of life. “I’ve been blessed to meet about 95 percent of the musicians I’ve really adored,” Burnett says. “And when I meet them, I never tell them I love their music or I’m a big fan. I try to collect conversations, not autographs. I want a memorable experience for both of us.” Burnett has attained so many memorable experiences with his favorite musicians, whether it be through his work in the ’80s with Warner Brothers Records or his lifelong history of concert-going, that friends have tried to convince him to write a book. Instead, he started Namedroppermedia.com, a website on which he documents his encounters with such luminiaries as Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Joni Mitchell and Andy Warhol, whom he once convinced to pose in front of a fake million dollar check. “I haven’t really got much interest in meeting modern musicians, since most of their stuff isn’t even worth recording,” Burnett says. “Really, I’ve met just about every one I’ve wanted to meet, other than Bowie and Keith Richards. If I die without meeting Richards, all of this has been in vain.”