The Sons of Champlin were finishing up their set and this guy with a beat-up straw hat and overalls came up the stairs. He had no credentials so I wouldn’t let him up.

Well, about 6 a.m. we were in Los Gatos and ran out of gas. There were no cell phones back then so one of the crew ran off to find gas. I was able to go outside and figure out that the step (which ...