June 3, 1994. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent, and Ian Moore at the Zoo Amphitheatre.

Big summer show. Big production. Tight camps.

And then the mistake.

Before the show, stagehands went into Nugent’s dressing room and smoked weed. The tour manager walked in, caught the smell, and lost it. Ted is famously anti-weed. It wasn’t just a bad look. It was disrespectful.

They almost got fired.

Different dressing rooms, different rules. The Skynyrd camp had their own traditions. The urn placed on Billy Powell’s white piano. That piano was treated like royalty. First off the truck. Last back on. Tuned carefully, protected from the summer heat, never touched once it was set.

Outdoor shows with a grand piano in Oklahoma heat? That’s its own battle.

One dressing room mistake. One furious tour manager. One heavy summer show that could’ve gone sideways fast.

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