When I called from the school, they said 'You need to be here at the Salt Palace at 3:30 p.m.,'
At that time, that was the biggest thing we had done with the band. As a 17-year-old, that definitely took the cake.
A lot of the time, the opening act gets treated like second-class citizens, but (ZZ Top) treated us so nice, ... They were really good guys. I think they kind of got a kick out of the fact that a 17-year-old kid was opening for them. They were really complimentary and nice about it.
They felt it was a good ordinance to pass to keep the children in the community safe, that are either at the parks or participating in an activity.
I haven't done that for a while, ... That was kind of one of my trademarks.
I remember during sound check they had an opossum running around that they were trying to catch,
Being only 17, they were almost mentoring and nice (to me),
All I can say is I've heard he was on the phone with the boy at the time of the crash. Now whether that means exactly when he crashed, I don't know.