Any funny/strange memories re: getting tixs for, getting to, or incidents before a *concert* started?

[Mr.Bill]

5. In the late 70s The J Geils Band was coming to San Francisco

to do two nights at Winterland. My buddy and I were big fans and always saw them when they came to town. This was the first time they were doing two nights and we got tickets for both nights. I wanted to find out where the band was staying so we could stay at the same place and maybe get to meet them.

My mom was a travel agent at the time and her and her boss tried hard to find out where they were staying, but to no avail. So we just made reservations at a cheap motel and went to the first show. Great show, we went back to the motel and goofed around the city the next day. We went to the second show and after it was over we discovered that someone had stolen my buddy's car.

We looked for the car for a long time, but it was gone. we were stoned as could be, and we started walking to find a pay phone to report the car stolen and call a friend to pick us up.

We walked up to a very high end Hotel called the Miyako which was Japanese themed. We looked pretty rough an didn't think the door man would even let us into the lobby, but we explained our situation and he said we could come in and use the phone. We made our calls and went toward the door and a limousine pulled up. The doors opened and out stepped The J Geils Band. They looked pretty exhausted, but we got to meet them and chat a bit. All really nice guys.

The police recovered the stolen car a few days later.