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OK, where do I begin? I hope I don't steal most of the other guy's story.
First, EC finally came to my state after I was born (he was at Cain's in '78)
Second, it was standing room versus the last time I saw him (50 yards away in some side section :( )
So I was only about 15 feet from him, right next to Paul from Kansas. Paul and I are on the Lost Highway Street Team and got to meet; I had planned to do my duty and pass out promo goodies to the crowd as they left.
Yeah, so EC said something like "If my arithmetic is correct, it's been just as long since the last time that I was here, as the time between Bob Wills' last time and my last time" Or something like that. Cain's Ballroom is the "Home" of Bob Wills.
Then he said something like, "It's been a lot longer since St. Patrick made an appearance." (It was St. Pat's yesterday.)
"Well, we don't have any Irish songs, but we do have some good ol' drinkin' songs," and then they broke out "Sittin' And Thinkin'."
Right when they finished, I figured I knew what they might be up to, and so I start yelling, "Bottle Let Me Down! Bottle Let Me Down!"
Well, they did "Sweet Dreams" and I was belting out every word.
Then, if I heard right, EC said, "This one was wanted." Thus, "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down."
Then, EC says something like, "We've got a little surprise for you tonight, we've got a special guest that Davey and I recorded a song with a while back. This person is as rock 'n' roll as you can get, and every single one of you need to call the Hall of Fame, call your senator, call Bush, and tell them that this person should have been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a LONG time ago."
Here's where I start thinkin, "No way! No way! It can't be!" because of course, this was in Oklahoma, and I KNOW EC said something about this person being from "your state." Then, "Ladies and gentleman, the great Wanda Jackson." So I start yelling for "Crying Time."
Anyways. Yeah, so I finally got to see Wanda Jackson also.
Now the crazy part. Since I'm on the Street Team and had passed out a lot of promo stuff for all the artists on the label and logged it, I was able to claim two complimentary tickets to the show.
When I got to the will-call window, they gave me two sticker patches that said guest on them, and I was like, "What does this mean?" cause the Street Team people never said anything about that.
So when the show was over, I managed to catch Pete Thomas' attention and told him that I was on the label's Street Team and wondered what the Guest things were for.
Before I knew it, he pulled me and my girlfriend behind the ropes and had us wait for the tour manager. When he came, with a few other lucky people, we were taken back to the little lounge where EC was, in what looked like his North coat, a scarf, a little Hank Williams lapel pin, and a grandpa/trucker style Hank Williams hat.
So I finally got to meet him, got autographs and pictures. Now I have a "I've met EC" story.
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