May 16, 2006

A Brush With Kenny

You all know how Kenny has touched our lives here at Playaz Ball, but we know many of you have a "Kenny Story", too. Below is a story as told to me by "Restaurant Gal", and her own "brush with Kenny":

I had a brief encounter with Kenny Rogers way-back-when, when he was between the First Edition and going solo as Kenny Rogers. This was not a particularly hi-profile time for Kenny, as he and the First Edition were running a contest to play at your prom if you entered the right Milk Duds contest--I am not kidding about this! We met in a bar in my city on a weeknight, when Kenny's bass player struck up a conversation with me and my friend. Actually, I didn't recognize Kenny until the bass player told us who he was. And I would love to think it was our incredible allure, but the truth is, no one else was at this particular bar! One drink later, they asked us to join them at a club down the street. My girlfriend and I were under 21 at the time, but you could drink beer and wine at 18 back in the day. When we arrived at the club, the bouncer said to Kenny, "You guys can go in, but they (pointing to me and my friend) can't." Without so much as a second glance in our direction, Kenny and the bass player ditched us on the sidewalk, right then and there. As a result, I would MAKE SURE Kenny never gets a table at my restaurant. Okay, he might get a table, but I'd give him a pager and quote a two-hour wait. Just because I could. Ha!

That was a tremendous story, Restaurant Gal, and thank you for sharing that. And kudos to Kenny for strictly adhering to the rules of the club.

Many of you have your own stories to tell. Please feel free to share them in the comments section, or if you feel you have a Kenny Story that warrants it's own post, email it to us for consideration.

Posted by Phil at 9:08 AM | Comments (8)