continued from yesterday's comment on dwop. . .

While my concert buddy and I waited to get into the joint, who should appear in line right behind us but the three ladies from Manila! They are the nicest women you can imagine, so full of enthusiasm and energy and love for David. They were so charming that we wanted to steal them and take them home with us, but they had, you know, return plane tickets. Oh, and families. I am positive they won’t mind if I tell two tiny but telling stories that involve them.

As you probably have already heard, two of them took David and the band shopping at the mall in Manila. They were also among the “Cookistas” fan group who gave him the custom guitar. So they got to spend a lot of time with him and they were acutely aware of the reception he got everywhere he went. I said to one of them, “I read that David thought your country would be Archie territory.” She smiled and shook her head and said, “No. It was all for him. It was all for that man—“ She pointed to the door of the venue. “—in there.”

Does that not make your heart and throat do funny things? Wipes tear.

The other story involves my concert buddy who is a lurker here and so much fun that I can only say it’s DCO’s loss that she doesn’t post comments. She asked our Manila friends to hand a CD to David to sign, being too shy to do it for herself. When they did, a woman said to David, “It’s for another lady.”

David immediately looked up and asked, “What lady?”
Several people pointed to my concert buddy.
He looked over their heads, straight at her, and waved.
She waved back.

So think about that. He didn’t just say, “Oh,” and sign it and go on. He stopped. He paid attention. He asked “What lady?” He didn’t go on with anything else until she was located for him and then he found her in the crowd and gave her a wave.

David Cook is a really good guy, yes? He’s thoughtful, thorough, and nice.

P.S. One last thing—another signing story--because I can’t remember if the Manila ladies have told this story themselves. At the bus line, they asked him if he would sign a whole lot of stuff for them. His response to these fans who had come 10,000 miles? “I’ll sign anything you want me to sign.”

And Dave? Your fans will go anywhere you perform!