Traditionally, the opening band shouldn’t have the best weed on the tour. That's just not good form. But in 1987, when my group, the Del Fuegos, was first on a bill of three as part of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Rock 'n' Roll Caravan, we defied tradition. We may have gone onstage when the audience was thinking more about a hot dog and a beer than a band they didn't know playing songs
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