Many of my fondest memories in life are connected to attending concerts. A couple of the shows having the biggest impact on my life are the ones I accidently stumbled upon. One such defining moment was when I saw Johnny Cash perform on August 30th, 1994 at the CNE Bandstand. I was at the Canadian National Exhibition with my friends Nigel and Levi. We were starting to get bored and restless. With nothing else left to do, it just happened that Johnny Cash was giving a free performance.

I knew very little about Cash except that he was some old country fogey. The Old Country Fogies – band name? BAND NAME! Being the bratty teenagers we were, my friends and I thought it might be fun to try to start a mosh pit. Our initial ill conceived plans of making asses of ourselves thankfully never transpir...

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