JEFF ACE WALKER THE ROSE MAN INTERVIEW CONTINUED
JEFF THE ROSE MAN INTERVIEW CONTINUED
Q. WHAT WAS THE TRUE EXPERIENCE LIKE SELLING ROSES
A. THEY LET ME IN THE CLUBS UNDER 21 WITH MY ROSES BECAUSE I SAID THAT I DON'T DRINK.
Q. HOW DID YOU DO WITH YOUR ROSES ONCE YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IN THE CLUB.
A. I WENT BACK AND SOLD OUT OF $200 WORTH OF ROSES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR AND THE REST IS HISTORY
Q. WAS NIGHT CLUBS THE ONLY PLACES YOU SOLD INSIDE
A. YES, MAN THE ROSE MAN TRIED TO FIND PLACES OR EVENTS THAT HAS PEOPLE THERE IN NUMBERS.
Q. WHAT WAS NEXT
A. WELL I WAS ALREADY KNOWN AS A DANCER BEING THE PRESIDENT OF A DANCE TEAM.
Q. WHERE DID YOU DANCE WITH YOUR TEAM REGULARLY
A. OUR TEAM DANCED MOSTLY AT SUDIO 47 ON NOTRE DAME AVE. IN DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE, CA.
Q. SO WHERE YOUR FLOWERS INVOLVED WITH YOU DANCING EXPERIENCE
A. YES THE CLUB WAS OUR BATTLE GROUND. THE ROSES BECAME A CONVERSATION PIECE.
Q. DID YOU MEET PEOPLE
A. I GOT TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL. MEN WOULD COME UP AND ASK HOW MUCH MY ROSES WERE AND IF I WOULD GIVE IT OR THEM TO THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE
Q. WAS THAT A LOT OF FUN FOR YOU
A. I WOULD SEE THE EXCITEMENT MEN HAD THEN BEING ABLE TO WITNESS THE EFFECT WHEN THE FEMALE RECEIVED THAT ROSE AND THEN THEY MEET.
Q. WGAT WAS YOUR FIRST CONCERT SET UP AND WHEN
A. PRINCE PURPLE RAIN TOUR IN 1984 I BELIEVE
Q. HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN ANY CELEBRITIES ROSES
A. YES, I HAVE GIVEN MANY OF THEM ROSES
Q. LIKE WHO
A. I GAVE ROSES TO MADONNA GEORGE MICHAELS SHEILA E AND WESTLEY SNIPES BOUGHT ROSES FROM ME IN HOLLYWOOD, CA.