Choppers, Vegas and Lyndyrd Skynyrd

Ready for a cool story?  Check this shit out.  It was all about being at the right place at the right time and knowing what you have in front of you when other people don't.

About a year ago I was doing some shit in Vegas and was staying at the Hard Rock.  This place is bad ass.  Chicks, gambling, rock.  They even have a motorcycle ridden by Motley Cru that was once property of a big MC.  Shit, they even got a Johnny Cash outfit there.  Don't tell me that ain't the shit.  THEY HAVE A STEVIE RAY VAUGHN GUITAR THERE.  It's got to be a bit like mecca.

Anyway I get back to the hotel mid-day and they are setting up all this stuff for a biker build off.  Okay now I'm interested.  It turns out to be a Discovery Channel Biker Build Off with ass munky, jessy jaims and the pull senior and pull junior.  It was okay.  If you are interested here's a pic but this was a side show.  Who do you think was playing the intermission (read commercial breaks as this was a live televised show).  Lynyrd Skynyrd you dumb ass, didn't you read the name of the post?!

Right before the television show ended they said, "stick around and for Lynyrd Skynyrd who are going to play a show right after the Build Off.

Now here's where I lucked out and other people there were so damn stupid, shallow and just overall numb nuts.  This just goes to show how shallow some people are now that watch these biker shows.  They are all hooping and hollering about these ass monkeys on stage and what happens when the taping ends?  People start leaving.  I said People Start Leaving.  WTF is wrong with you people?  This was general admission so you could sit wherever you want.

Were these real biker fans or just a bunch of posers.  That's not a question.  You know they were a bunch of (fill in your expletive).

Skynard invited everyone to come on down to the stage and played a full hour and a half of all their best.  Rocked the shit out of the house for an intimate group of no more than 250 fans.  Man they played like they were in a packed stadium and they knew who their real audience was.  I was stoked.   Everyone was kick ass.  They are such a class act they went all out.  Here's how close I got and didn't have to pay a dime.  This was a gift from one of the world's best to their loyal fans.

I woke up the next morning an just couldn't get the smile off my face.  Later that day I loaded all those Skynard songs onto my device, the live versions when I could, and went for a cruise.  Sweet Home Alabama never sounded so good.