Vince Gill says that, in the 1970s, he had a bluegrass band that was asked to open for Kiss. He recounted the memory with The Boot while at the 2015 Summer NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants).

"We got called at the last minute to do this show that the opening act had canceled," Gill began. "I saw the marquee, and it said Kiss, I thought, 'Oh no. Hell no . . . There's no way a bluegrass band can be opening for KISS."

He added, "What was beautiful about that was, we had KISS' risers and stacks of amps that were 50 feet high, cages and blood and guts everywhere. We come out there with our little mandolins and fiddles. We looked like tinker toys."

The show, notes Gill, didn't turn out well.

"We lasted about two songs, and they booed us off stage, throwing beer bottles. It's still today one of my favorite dates ever, to have that many people pissed off."

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