Gotta lighten up a bit,

sooooo, I'll relay the story of a certain "Who" concert in St. Louis. As security, we were given a really cool Who t-shirt with a riverboat on it. Used to have a whole lotta cool shirts, that some bands gave out as a sort of backstage pass, but only one has survived. A Rolling Stones, Big Lips shirt, from a '72 Stones tour. Anyway, this particular show was memorable for a couple of reasons. One, Keith Moon, the original Who drummer, and one of the real wild men of rock n roll, was still alive and was in rare form. He threw a party in his hotel room, and had some lovely guests. Won't go into particulars, but not surprised he died young. Another memory comes from Connie. Never knew her last name, but she was famous... There is a line in a "Grand Funk Railroad" song, "We're an American Band", that says, 'Sweet sweet Connie was doin' her act. She had the whole band and that's a natural fact'. Well, some musicians claimed they played better if they had a release of 'tension' before the show, and Connie became famous as one of the best 'releasers' of all time. Some bands had her services written into their contract, like Heineken beer, or a fruit plate. Anyway, sweet Connie was doing her act, and the joke of the day was to tell one of the new guys she was famous for giving the best kisses, ever. SO, after some prodding, they'd go give her a big kiss, (she was always willing), then, we'd tell him what she was REALLY famous for. 'Twas good for a laugh while they ran to rinse their mouth out. But, it NEVER happened to me, I swear. Sorry if I offended either of my readers, but as I said, needed to lighten it up a bit around here... The other memorable part of that show was the opening band, someone brand new. Some country boys, named 'Lynyrd Skynyrd', who rocked the house.