My young friend had that 'David Lee Roth' look and attitude about him. I was on my way to being a front man for a band and I needed a guitarist. He was a 'rock' guitarist and had the same aspirations I had about being in a band.
We stopped off for an Aerosmith concert and when they sang an
old tune by my 'famous friend' that is when his spirit showed up. Earlier in the show - I thought I had seen an 'impersonator' on stage and mentioned to my friend. He had seen him. Then I started hearing his voice load and clear in my head. It was as if he was standing right behind making comments about the band on stage. I kept asking my friend, "Did you hear that? Did you see that impersonator behind me talking to me?"
After the show, I still had another 300 miles to go to get my Grandparents and that is when his spirit showed up in my back seat chattering away like he knew me. As far as my mind was concerned, he was a complete stranger to me.
One of the reasons I started calling him a nag, was - he was my chaperon.
"You tell your Grandpa, I got a watchful eye on you. I ain't going to let you get away with anything you ain't supposed to be getting away with."
Of course, when I asked my young friend if he could hear or see what I was hearing and seeing, he started to ridicule me some. He said,
"I sure don't want to turn around and see some fat dead man sitting in your back seat - talking to you -- or me for that matter. What is it you 'think' he is saying to you?"
I told my friend,
"I don't think you want to hear."
"I do want to hear or I wouldn't be asking."
"Well, you asked for it. He says I should just stop the car right now and kick you out. He says my Mom has better words she uses on you than he has in his mind about you."
Of course when I arrived at my Grandparents farm, I was curious and took my Grandfather to the side. I asked him if he knew this famous person. My Grandfather said,
"Is it alright to talk about him again. You done put the word out in the family his name wasn't supposed to be mentioned to you."
"You got me curious now. Tell me everything."
He wanted to know why the subject was coming up so he knew how to handle the delicate topic with me. I told him what happened to me at the concert and how I looked up in my rear-view mirror to see him looking back at me.
"I was just trying to figure out why this dead man felt he had a right to impose himself on our families business and offer me any type of advise. I don't know that I need to go outside my family to get any advise on that topic, and if I did, I don't know that I would go running to a famous dead man for it. He kept on talking like he knew you and that you knew him. Told me to tell you to talk to Grandma about it in your own way - so she want worry about it so much - knowing his on the job looking over my shoulder some. Says if I get the wrong idea about about it - he was there to snatch it out of me as quick as he could and remind me to follow your advise and rules."
So that is the main reason I called him a 'nag.' He was my personal chaperone during three year period up to the age of 21 acting on my family's behalf for the sake of their best interest. My Chaperone's prediction came true. My Grandparents didn't like my young friend and sided with my Mom.
"He is not right for you Grandson. He is just out to use you."
My Grandmother was telling me to wash him right out of my hair as quick and fast as I possibly could.
Sincerely
DKing