This is the concert ticket signed by Roger & John when they played the first Rites of Passage Gig at Palookaville in Santa Cruz, CA. July 1996. We were second in line at that concert and John & Roger came out and talked with my wife and a few others while I was getting dinner for us. Of course my timing was impeccable and I had just left when they came out!!! Fortunately, I was able to get them to sign my ticket after the show.
I actually got to make a close connection with John at the Santa Cruz concert and later in Nevada City. He was sitting on my Harley out in the parking lot before they started playing and Roger came out for awhile also. He couldn't believe I rode 200 miles on my motorcycle just to see him play. The interaction was unbelievable, for someone as famous as Roger & John are, they acted as if we have been best friends for life. It was definitely one of my high points on the music front for me. To be hanging out with your music idols. If they would have asked me to play drums, I wouldn't have hesitatedfor a moment.
Dan Kygar