Oh, the amphitheater, How-do! I saw Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and Cheap Trick there!
Highlights:
Johnny Cash had John Carter, his son, with him and they did a bad joke for fun. Johnny asked John Carter "Hey, how bout' after the show, we go to Wyandotte County Lake and do some fishin'?" John Carter replied "Ok." Johnny asked him "You got worms?" John Carter said "Yeah, but I'm goin' anyway!" The crowd laughed and "Ohhhhhhh'd" and Johnny just grinned from ear to ear! Oh yeah, and the gates were partially opened where the trucks were and you could see Johnny's 18 wheelers. They were jet black and one had a license plate that said something to the effect of "Grandma Raised Mama, Mama Raised me, I Raise H*ll!
Chuck Berry took requests (Yes, he did Johnny B. Goode) and he duckwalked!
For Cheap Trick, me and two other guys were standing at the chain way down at the beginning of the sidewalk that went into the amphitheater. CT's guitarist, Rick Neilsen came all the way down to us and did his soundcheck. He was standing literally two feet from us and was just riffing and playing to do his soundcheck and talking to us! He even asked us how it sounded like we were part of the crew!
Good memories!