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May 5, 2005

Backstage at Knotts Berry Farm

Kenny backstage
1975 was a crazy year for the Playaz. We were roadies for Kenny Rogers
that year, and were in the middle of a 200 date tour. Kenny was a lot
wilder in those days, and was very demanding of his crew.
Bon (who I will introduce to you later), was in charge of supplying
Kenny with women after the shows. When Kenny was singing "Rueben
James", Bon would look for Kenny's 'signal' as to which woman in the
audience Kenny wanted, and Bon would then invite her backstage. Kenny
was also into an assortment of masks, suntan oils, and silk sheets, all
of which Bon was responsible for supplying.
This particular night we were doing a show at Knotts Berry Farm. Kenny
was high on mini-whites or something, and he was on edge that evening.
Bon had arranged for Kenny to hook up with Diane Parkinson and some
woman out of the audience for that evening. Well, apparently Kenny did
not like the mask selection for that night, and started cussing out
Bon.
Bon, as you will see later, is a volatile person himself, and did not
take kindly to Kenny's abuse over the masks. So the next thing you
know, Bon and Kenny are going at it just minutes after Kenny finished
his set (closed with "The Gambler"). They are knocking over the
catering tables, amps, guitars, everything.
Now, when I saw this, I summoned Tac & Manny over. We were all
pretty loaded, doing cocaine and eating pork rinds all night. So we
jumped in and began to pummel Kenny about the face and neck. Kenny is
one hell of a scrapper, and did pretty well for himself. About 30
minutes later, police finally arrived and arrested us all. A bloody and
remorseful Kenny apologized to us and to Bon. We all shook hands and
eventually finished the tour together, but decided to part ways after
the last leg. We've had a good relationship with Kenny ever since that
night, but we were never invited back to Knotts Berry Farm.
Wayne was forced to defend Kenny and the Playaz for all the damage we
had caused, as well as get Bon off on charges of solicitation and
possession of mini-whites.
Just another crazy night in the life of the Playaz.

Posted by Phil at May 5, 2005 10:29 AM

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