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MBJ Enterprises LLCBands Peeing On Praying HandsSome backstage stories probably should have stayed backstage.The guys are talking about the famous Praying Hands at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa.Then Jay drops a confession that nobody expected.He remembers taking at least half a dozen bands over there after a night of drinking.And what did they do?They peed near the giant Praying Hands.Max cannot believe it.“You took bands to pee on the hands?”Jay explains it was actually on the concrete.But the funn...
2026-10-2600 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCMerle Haggard Plays Show And His Band Gets PaidSome stories show you what kind of person an artist really was.And this one about Merle Haggard hits differently.The guys talk about Merle's love for Native Americans and one of the final shows of his legendary career.According to Max, Merle had been battling serious health problems, including pneumonia.But he still had a show scheduled in Grand, Oklahoma.And even though he was incredibly sick, he showed up and performed.Why?Because he wanted to make sure his band members got paid.
2026-10-2400 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCHere's the Deal Podcast- The Story of Max Baker Jr. -Episode 1Millions of miles travelled, hundreds of thousands of records & concert tickets sold. This is the autobiographical life story of Max Baker Jr. In this episode we start from the very beginning. Listen to the journey of Max as a teenager racing motorcross to throwing parties, to working as a runner for Motley Crue the first time they came through Oklahoma & stealing someones dog. "We Didn't Come This Far To Lose" - Max BakerLike, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told.Follow & Connect: Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx Jeff Bro...
2026-10-2328 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCBig Dad Ritch, Max Baker Jr., & Here's The Deal PodcastSome friendships are built on music, and some people help shape an entire career.Big Dad Ritch of Texas Hippie Coalition sits down with Max Baker Jr. and Jeff Brownen to talk about Cain’s Ballroom, the music business, and what Max has meant to his journey.Ritch says he has been listening to Here’s The Deal Podcast since the beginning and calls it some of the best storytelling around.And if anybody knows Max, they know one phrase.“Here's the deal.”Ritch laughs about hearing those wo...
2026-10-2201 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCOpeth & DevilDriver vs. Cradle Of Filth & DevilDriverOpeth & DevilDriver vs. Cradle Of Filth & DevilDriverMarch 17, 2006.Opeth, DevilDriver, and Dark Tranquillity at Cain’s Ballroom.Now that is one evil lineup.The guys start joking about what the crowd probably looked like.Black concert shirts.Camo cargo shorts.Chain wallets.And maybe a little black hair and white face paint.Then comes the question.How many songs did Opeth actually play?Two and a half?Three?When your songs ar...
2026-10-2101 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCCross Canadian Ragweed & Texas Hippie Coalition Play Cain's Ballroom In 2008Some venues are more than just places to play music.Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa is one of them.The conversation turns to Cross Canadian Ragweed, Texas Hippie Coalition, and the first time stepping inside the legendary Cain’s Ballroom.At first, it was just another show on the schedule.But then came the walk around the building.The pictures on the walls.The history.Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.Suddenly, it became clear that this was not just another concert venue.
2026-10-1901 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCThe VIP ExperienceEver wonder where the money goes when you buy a VIP concert experience?The guys break down the business behind meet and greets, VIP packages, and all that exclusive concert merchandise.According to Max, VIP experiences are often handled by a completely separate company.Not the venue.Not the band's booking agent.And not necessarily the same people handling regular concert merchandise.But here is the catch.You still need a concert ticket to participate.So first, you buy your ticket....
2026-10-1701 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCKyle Gass & Trainwreck At VZD'sAugust 3, 2003.Trainwreck played VZD’s.And for anyone who does not know, Trainwreck was basically Kyle Gass’ project outside of Tenacious D.That alone makes this one a cool little Oklahoma concert story.The guys talk about how Kyle probably would not have known where VZD’s even was if he had not already been connected through the Tenacious D world.Max was the promoter rep for the show and went with him.He says he refreshed Kyle’s memory about the place, and that connection is part of...
2026-10-1400 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCBullet For My Valentine Rides In a Bread TruckThe Trustkill Takeover Tour came through with a packed bill.Bullet For My Valentine.Walls of Jericho.Roses Are Red.And Forté added to the show.Tickets were $10 in advance and $12 day of show.The room was packed.But the best story happened when Bullet For My Valentine got hungry.Max had given them a per diem instead of fulfilling a full rider, so they needed a ride to go eat.The radio station vehicle was not a van.I...
2026-10-1301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCLollapalooza '92 Ministry's Mosh PitLollapalooza 1992 at Starplex.Ministry hits the stage, and Max tells Jeff they are going down front.Right into the pit.By the time they get close to Al Jourgensen, everything is already coming apart.People are ripping rows of seat cushions and chairs loose from the cement and passing them over the crowd.The pit is chaos.Bodies moving everywhere.Bones flying from the stage.Ministry doing what Ministry did in 1992.Then a kid comes up beside Jeff and asks him...
2026-10-1101 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCCountry Music Evolution Then and NowCountry music keeps moving in waves.Max talks about seeing the classic country market change over time.Artists like Charlie Pride, Charlie Daniels, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, and others carried that earlier generation.Those names are legends now.But as time moves on, a new group steps into that role.Then you get the Tracy Byrds.The Mark Chesnutts.The Tracy Lawrences.The Clay Walkers.That 80s and 90s country generation becomes the next classic country crowd.That is...
2026-10-0800 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCBackstage Passes & My Vinyl Resting PlaceThis one starts with a simple question.If Max Baker passes away, should there be a backstage pass for his funeral?And of course, the first guess is the Rolling Stones tongue.But then the conversation turns into something even more Max.There is a company that can take your ashes after cremation and press them into a vinyl record.That gets everybody thinking.What would your final record be?Max says he would want his ashes pressed into wax with The Rolling Stones.
2026-10-0701 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCStorm Hits Weird Al Concert At Riverparks AmphitheaterAugust 1, 2003.Weird Al Yankovic at River Parks.A floating stage already makes that show memorable.But the merch booth story might be even better.Max and Sean McGillicuddy were working merch that night under a tent.Then the weather started turning.The clouds went black.The storm rolled in.The girl working merch for Weird Al saw what was coming and took off.Max and Sean stayed behind and tried to hold the tent down.Then the wind started...
2026-10-0601 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCThe Reverend Horton Heat ShowsThe Reverend Horton Heat ShowsReverend Horton Heat is one of those bands that built the whole world around the music.The merch.The logo.The records.The posters.The live show.They had something for everybody, from $5 items to $100 items, and that iconic oval logo was everywhere.Max talks about seeing Reverend Horton Heat all over the place.The Diamond. Cain’s. Boar’s Head. ZZ Dee’s. Texas. Tulsa. The Zoo.They pl...
2026-10-0501 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCAll American Rejects Filming "Too Bad For Hell" DVDBack-to-back All American Rejects shows.Tulsa and Oklahoma City.Brady Theater and Bricktown Event Center.The lineup was All American Rejects, Wakefield, and Limbeck.Jay was at the May 30th show at the Brady Theater in Tulsa, and that one was special.They filmed it for a live DVD release.The guys try to remember the exact tour name.Back From Hell.To Hell and Back.Something in that lane.But the memory is clear.It was...
2026-10-0401 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCMalibu Grand Prix, Speed Zone, Andretti Karts, World of Outlaws, & Drag RacingThis one starts with parking lot hustle and turns into Oklahoma racing history.Max talks about selling tickets in the parking lot, then going inside to play the games.That leads into old-school Oklahoma City spots like MacArthur Park and Malibu Grand Prix.MacArthur Park was cool.But Malibu Grand Prix was different.Those carts were fast.They looked like open-wheel Indy cars.Then the conversation moves to Dallas and SpeedZone.SpeedZone had racing, dragsters, and even bungee jumping.Then they...
2026-10-0301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCDio Live At InCahoots vs. Dio Hologram TourDio at InCahoots is one of those concert memories that sounds almost unreal.Ronnie James Dio in a cowboy bar.Country portraits on the wall.Reba McEntire.Garth Brooks.Toby Keith.And then Dio comes in carrying the heavy metal flag like only he could.Max talks about being a Ronnie James Dio fan and seeing him in all kinds of rooms, including cowboy bars.That was Dio.He carried the flag anywhere and everywhere.But then comes the...
2026-10-0100 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCElote and The Elote ManThis one starts with a mysterious shirt and somehow turns into an elote mission.Somebody tells Max that a guy outside was giving away shirts.Then they hand him one in his size.4X.Already suspicious.The shirt had a corn joke on it, and Max starts questioning where it came from.Right size.Right person.Right kind of prank.He even wonders if it came from the same person behind the anti-Max Baker shirts.But once elote gets...
2026-09-3001 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCLA Guns "Man In The Moon" Album Release PartyL.A. Guns came through for the Man in the Moon album release party with Blemish May 17th at The Samurai.David booked L.A. Guns with Max at The Samurai, and the band had a new record coming out.Then the record company brought Max a deal.If he bought a certain number of units and sold them at the show, the band would do an in-store appearance.So he did it.The in-store happened at Choice Music on 59th.Max remembers driving the band around...
2026-09-2600 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCWillie Nelson & MXPX ShowsMarch 2001 had two very different shows.First up was Willie Nelson at In-Kahootz on March 6th.The show was listed at 1,841 people.And with Willie, they probably oversold the house.Because everybody wants to see Willie.The guys joke that Willie did not mind breaking the rules a little bit.He is an outlaw.Then March 11th brought a killer pop punk show to the Diamond Ballroom.MxPx headlining.Good Charlotte.Slick Shoes.1,105 people in the room.
2026-09-2401 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCIron Sheik, The Von Erichs, & Monsters Of Rock PartyReal wrestling stories always hit different.The conversation starts with the Iron Sheik and the news of his passing.Then it shifts to Kevin Von Erich moving back to Texas from Hawaii and doing speaking engagements.That opens the door to the Von Erichs.And if you know Texas wrestling history, you know how big that name is.Then Max takes it back to the Monsters of Rock era.Van Halen.Metallica.Dokken.A party in Dallas on Greenville, across from...
2026-09-2201 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCChevelle 2023 vs. 2002Chevelle has had a lot of hits.But more than that, they earned their crowd the hard way.Max says Chevelle is tight, and they worked for years to build that fan base.Nothing but respect for those guys.The conversation jumps to Chevelle playing Choctaw in 2023.That lineup had Loathe from Liverpool, 3 Days Grace, and Chevelle.And Chevelle was headlining over 3 Days Grace.That says a lot.Then the memory goes back to Chevelle opening for Stone Sour.And according...
2026-09-1901 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCLoretta Lynn & Graham Colton Play Bricktown The Same NightJune 24, 2005 was a busy night in Bricktown.Loretta Lynn was playing the Coca-Cola Bricktown Event Center.Graham Colton was playing Bricktown Live.Two different rooms.Same night.Max says this was the first time he ever produced Loretta Lynn.That is where he learned.The conversation gets tangled because everyone is trying to remember who worked which show.Graham Colton had The Hero Factor from Tulsa on the flyer.But the big story was Loretta Lynn across the way....
2026-09-1800 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCOgre, ohGr & Skinny PuppyOgre, ohGr & Skinny PuppyJune 28th.Ogre from Skinny Puppy came through, and it landed right on Max’s birthday.The local band was Thorazine, which is about as perfect as it gets for a show like this.Only 174 people showed up.But the flyer is what really takes over the conversation.Trippy.Weird.Dark.They show it to the camera because it is that strange.A baby with no head.A visual that looks mo...
2026-09-1700 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCRolling Stones & Who Shows At The American Airlines CenterRolling Stones & Who Shows At The American Airlines CenterSome concert tickets come with a story before the show even starts.Max talks about seeing The Rolling Stones at the American Airlines Center.Merle Haggard was supposed to open, but he canceled the day of, or the day before.The tickets were comps from Merle Haggard’s camp.And Max says those were not tickets you could just give to anybody.So they went to Max and Brad.Then Delbert McClinton ended up op...
2026-09-1400 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCDrag Boats, Hydroplanes, Tubing, & Water SkiingDrag Boats, Hydroplanes, Tubing, & Water SkiingBack in the day, Lake Overholser had a whole different kind of energy.Hydroplane races.Drag boats.People lining the shores.In the 80s, drag boats were a huge deal.Max says his dad and his dad’s buddies had drag boats, and that is how he learned to water-ski.But there was one important rule.Do not put your thumb up.To most people, that might mean slow down or “I’m good.”...
2026-09-1201 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCDio, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, REO, & BOCThis one goes deep into Dio history.The conversation starts with Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, Ozzy, Dio, and Rob Halford stepping in with Sabbath.Because apparently Ozzy would not play unless Dio did not sing.Classic rock drama.Then the memories shift to those huge Dio shows.Last in Line.Sacred Heart.The glowing ball.The dragon.That full theatrical Dio stage show.Then comes the Black and Blue Tour.1980 at Lloyd Noble with Black Sabbath...
2026-09-1101 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCRod Stewart Shows & The Wardrobe GirlRod Stewart is one of those artists where even the side stories are legendary.The clip starts with Rod Stewart playing Lucas Oil Theatre on February 8, 2024.And of course, Jeff hits the line.“Tonight’s the night.”Then Max brings up working a Rod Stewart show at Choctaw Durant.That night, he had to hire a wardrobe girl on the fly.The wild part?She had no idea who Rod Stewart was.Rod actually told her, “I’m Rod Stewart.”She still had to...
2026-09-1001 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCReverend Horton Heat ShowsSome bands never disappoint.Reverend Horton Heat is one of them.Jay says he has probably seen the Rev more than any other band, and every time, it is great.Jimbo on the standup bass.The bass getting turned sideways.The fretboard tricks.“Liquor in the front.”That psychobilly fire every single night.One of Max’s favorite memories was seeing Reverend Horton Heat with ZZ Top at the Brady Theater.Second row center.Last-minute tickets.A badass...
2026-09-0801 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCRick Nielsen & Cheap Trick Will NOT Ride In The Same CarSome backstage transportation stories are just awkward.At the Fayetteville Fair, Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick refused to ride in the same limo with the other band members.The fair was packed, and a police officer was ready to escort the limo out.But Rick would not get in.Jeff tried to talk him into it, but Rick still said no.So they compromised.Rick rode out in the front seat of the police car instead.Then Max brings up Guido having a similar Cheap...
2026-09-0301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCDavid Brown, Forte, & Oliver MagnumThis story goes back before the Forte record.David Brown looks back on the early days of Oklahoma metal, the promotion parties, and the people who helped push the scene forward.The Forte parties brought attention, but they also brought a bill big enough to shock the bosses from Europe and Germany.Before Forte, there was Oliver Magnum.Hal had done the Oliver Magnum demo, and that connection helped build the path into everything that came after.Then the story turns personal.Max talks about knowing David...
2026-08-3001 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCDavid Allan Coe Sings Purple RainDavid Allan Coe Sings Purple RainDavid Allan Coe doing “Purple Rain” in Hawaii sounds impossible, but Bruce, his tour manager, says it happened.According to Bruce, Coe showed up to the venue with purple hair, wearing a long purple duster, and performed “Purple Rain” in its entirety.That is a visual you do not forget.The story ties back to Prince and how powerful that song became across every kind of music.But David Allan Coe singing it live?That is a whole different kind of...
2026-08-3000 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCMatchbox 20 vs Matchbox 2020June 22, 1997.Matchbox 20 played The Boar’s Head.A 95X show.Only five bucks.That ticket price feels impossible now, but back then, it was just another club show on the calendar. There was even a cool backstage pass designed like a matchbox.Orbit was on the bill too, possibly a local band, and the room was part of that old Oklahoma concert scene where bands could come through right before everything got bigger.Then years later, Matchbox 20 came back around in a whole different way.Ma...
2026-08-2600 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCI Fell In A Manhole Meeting DioI Fell In A Manhole Meeting DioMeeting Dio should already be a great story.But this one turned into a full Scooby-Doo moment.It happened behind The Roxy after a Dio show. Max was trying to get his stuff signed, and the buses were parked in the narrow alley behind the venue.It was dark.There was not much room.And there was a water meter hole waiting on him.Max stepped right into it.The cover flipped, he went...
2026-08-2400 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCTraffic Cone Stuck Under Runner’s CarSome runner stories are pure chaos.This one happened in downtown Ardmore.Aubrey’s car pulled up, and she jumped out saying, “Aubrey’s gonna kill me.”Across the street, Max and Jeff realized Jay was crawling underneath the car trying to pull out an orange traffic cone.She had hit the cone, heard the bump, and kept driving, thinking it would clear the wheels.It did not.The cone got wrapped under the wheel well, so Jay ended up on the ground trying to yank it loose.
2026-08-2300 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCRolling Stones 11/1/81 vs 11/1/97Rolling Stones 11/1/81 vs 11/1/97November 1st is a serious Rolling Stones date.On 11/1/81, The Rolling Stones played the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.Max was there.They had also played the night before on Halloween, in the rain.That 1981 tour was supposed to be one of those “farewell” moments, and Max saw The Stones 11 times that year, including four times in Texas in one week.The big memory from Dallas was Mick Jagger going all the way to the top of the stage and singing “Sympathy for the De...
2026-08-2200 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCGuns N’ Roses Cutting Demos, My Introduction To Hollywood Recording StudioThree weeks into Hollywood Recording Studios, the first band in front of him was Guns N’ Roses.Not a bad welcome to LA.They were cutting demos for Spencer Proffer, who was deciding whether he wanted to sign the band. Several labels had already passed, which looks like a massive mistake now.The music was there.The chaos was there.And according to the story, the wild Guns N’ Roses studio legends were true.Some of those recordings later ended up tied to The Spaghetti Incident?Bu...
2026-08-1701 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCVan Halen 2008 & Van Halen 2012 With Kool & The GangMax only saw Van Halen twice.The first was the 2008 comeback tour at the Ford Center.That was a huge moment.Then came the later run with Kool & The Gang, which sounds like a strange pairing, but it worked.Max saw Kool & The Gang with Van Halen twice.Once at the BOK Center in Tulsa.And once at what was then Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.That is what makes concert memories stick.The band matters.But so does the...
2026-08-1600 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCCAKE Shows & Leo KottkeCAKE is one of those bands that surprises people live.They look like normal guys on stage, then the groove hits, the horn kicks in, and the whole room locks in.Max calls them one of the best live bands he has ever seen.There is even an autographed poster from that Diamond Ballroom show hanging in The Diamond.The conversation also turns to Fashion Nugget, which still holds up enough for Josh to grab it on 180-gram vinyl.Then the calendar moves to March 23rd at The Boar’s...
2026-08-1500 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCThe “Ticket Guy” Forgot Our Red Hot Chili Peppers TicketsThis is what happens when the ticket guy forgets the tickets.Max was on a hard run, headed to the Red Hot Chili Peppers show, and somehow left his moneybag at home.The tickets were inside it.Total rookie mistake.Everybody looked at him like, “How are you going to fix this?”Luckily, Max had pictures of the tickets on his phone.He showed them at the box office, gave them his ID, they checked the system, and it worked.Next thing you know, they had...
2026-08-1401 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCJeff Lynne’s ELO & ELO IIJeff Lynne’s ELO & ELO IIJeff and Max were getting ready to head to Dallas to see Jeff Lynne’s ELO at the American Airlines Center.When you have worked in the concert business and seen so many bands, certain shows still stand out as ones you do not want to miss.That was this one.They started talking about how many times they had actually seen ELO. Max remembered the Out of the Blue tour with the spaceship production, possibly at Lloyd Noble Center.He had...
2026-08-1301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCSponge, Vinnie Dombroski, & Texas Hippie CoalitionDecember 15th at the Diamond Ballroom.Sponge played to 444 people with Ruth Ruth and Red 5 on support.Max calls Sponge one of his all-time favorite bands, and Vinnie Dombroski gets a lot of respect in this story.Great songwriter.Incredible vocalist.Years later, that connection carried into Texas Hippie Coalition.When Max first started managing THC, they ended up in Detroit at Vinnie’s studio. Somewhere, Rich still has songs that Vinnie and Texas Hippie Coalition wrote together that have never been released.A Sponge sh...
2026-08-1201 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCLeon Russell & Days of The New ShowsSeptember 1997 had a wild mix of shows.September 19th, Flotsam and Jetsam played Bricktown Live with Nevermore.Then September 21st, Leon Russell returned to The Boar’s Head.A few weeks later, Days of the New came through for two Oklahoma dates.October 7th at The Boar’s Head.October 8th at The Brink in Tulsa.This was early Days of the New, when Travis Meeks was still just a kid and the band was starting to break through.Tickets were only five bucks.He...
2026-08-1100 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCAerosmith & KISS World Domination TourKISS and Aerosmith at the Ford Center.15,000 people.With a production that big, the stage had to be pushed up, nobody sat behind it, and there were no restricted-view seats sold.So 15,000 in that setup was basically a sellout.That bill was massive.KISS and Aerosmith together made sense. Big songs, big production, and a packed arena.Then the conversation turned to Ace Frehley and Peter Criss showing up at a Mötley Crüe show to support John 5.For a KISS fan, that is hu...
2026-08-0500 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCDropkick Murphys & Static-X ShowsOctober 2003 had a loud run of shows.October 20th, Dropkick Murphys and The Casualties played the Diamond Ballroom with 473 people in the room.That number feels low now, but back in 2003, Dropkick Murphys were still building their crowd.Then there was Static-X at Cain’s Ballroom with Soil, Scrape, and Twisted Method.Wayne Static always brought that industrial metal energy, and that show was a good one.The next night, October 21st, Sworn Enemy and Bleeding Through played Curly’s with a stack of support bands.That was...
2026-08-0401 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCJohn Mayer Show & Drowning Pool With Saliva ShowJohn Mayer Show & Drowning Pool With Saliva ShowFebruary 2007 had two completely different shows back to back.One night was John Mayer at the Cox Convention Center.Max says he did not really pay much attention to Mayer at first, but that changed after seeing him play with legends like Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, and B.B. King.That was the moment he realized John Mayer could really rip.Then the next show went in a much heavier direction.February 10, 2007.Drowning Pool...
2026-08-0301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCMushroomhead & Avenged SevenfoldMushroomhead, Avenged Sevenfold, and The Agony Scene played the Diamond Ballroom. November 29, 2003.452 people showed up.Tickets were $19.And Avenged Sevenfold?They were only $100 as an add-on.At the time, nobody knew what that band would become. They were just routing through, added to the bill, and playing in front of a few hundred people.The Agony Scene was also on the show, coming out of Tulsa and signed to Roadrunner Records. It was their first time playing Oklahoma City.Lowlife POS played too, tying the...
2026-07-2800 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCKISS & Mountain Smoke With Vince Gill March 4, 1976KISS at the Civic Center with Mountain Smoke. March 4, 1976.This was the first time Max ever saw KISS, and it was also the first time he camped out for tickets.He ended up third row.Mountain Smoke was on the bill, which included Vince Gill before he became a country music legend. That night, Vince got booed by a KISS crowd that was not there for bluegrass.Max and his friend Ronnie Thomas even went looking for the band after the show.Ronnie took his mother’s Cadillac, and th...
2026-07-2500 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCJack White, Loretta Lynn, & Wanda JacksonJack White, Loretta Lynn, & Wanda JacksonSome shows become legendary before anyone realizes it.The White Stripes at the Bricktown Event Center was one of those nights.They had played the Green Door before that, and somehow half of Oklahoma City claims they were inside that tiny room. But the Bricktown Event Center show was the one that really put a stamp on that year.Max had seen The White Stripes and had a signed poster, but Jack White really clicked for him later through the solo records and...
2026-07-2301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCSaved Gary Allan’s A**, No Smoking On Tribal LandGary Allan has been one of those artists Max has worked with year after year since 2004.Sometimes more than once a year.And there is a reason for that.Gary Allan is an incredible performer. You know what you are getting when he walks on stage. Ninety minutes to two hours of hits, a strong crowd, and a show that delivers every time.Back in 2007, Gary was hot.By 2024, he had moved into that classic country lane. The kind of artist people keep coming back to because the songs...
2026-07-2101 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCIt Took 20 Years To Get 2 KISS Pinball Machines AutographedMax had two KISS pinball machine glasses he wanted signed by the original members. Ace Frehley signed them at the Diamond Ballroom, then years later Max got Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons to sign Robin’s glass at Choctaw Casino.But Peter Criss was still the missing piece.Then Max found out Peter was appearing at Comic-Con, and his friend Danny Stanton was working as Peter’s manager and handler.The line was six hours long, but when Max told security his name, they said, “They’ve been expecting you. You’re family.”Max was...
2026-07-1902 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCJuggalos & Death Metal In Downtown SpringfieldDecember 2003 had two wild shows just a few days apart.First, the show that did not happen on September 30th got rescheduled for December 6th at the Diamond Ballroom.Hatebreed. Agnostic Front. The Unseen. Ringworm.429 people in the room.$16 tickets.On a Saturday night.That is a heavy lineup. Hardcore, punk, metal, and a crowd ready to move. Looking back, it is wild to think about shows like that happening right in the middle of downtown.Then six days later, December 12th, the...
2026-07-1801 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCArrested For Selling Bootleg Rolling Stones ShirtsBeing deep in the Rolling Stones world opened a lot of doors.Max had the record store, he was plugged into the Stones network, and when big shows came through, people would show up. Collectors. Fans. Hustlers. Road people. Everybody had something.One day, these guys came into the store with bootleg Rolling Stones shirts.And they were badass.White long sleeve shirts, nothing like Max had seen before. They even had a phone card promotion tied to them, with the Stones tongue on the card. You bought the shirt, got...
2026-07-1701 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCBaby Bash Hates His Limo, Borrows Some Guy’s LimoBaby Bash Hates His Limo, Borrows Some Guy’s LimoSome runner stories go sideways before the artist even gets to the venue.This one started at the Sheraton by Bricktown Event Center.Baby Bash wanted a stretch limo.Not a regular runner vehicle. Not a normal ride. A stretch limo.So Max gets sent over there with a long stretch Jeep limo, thinking that should handle it.It did not.Baby Bash came out with the entourage, took one look at i...
2026-07-1501 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCMet Jacob Dylan After The Wallflowers ShowThe Wallflowers were huge at this time.Jacob Dylan had his own thing going, the songs were strong, and for Max and Jeff, there was another layer to it. They both loved Bob Dylan, so getting the chance to meet Jacob Dylan after the show became a mission.But they still had to be professional.No fanboy stuff. No crossing lines. No making it weird.Jerry Bachman was running the show, Jerry Lewis worked it, and after everything was over, Max and Jeff waited it out.The sh...
2026-07-1401 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCD Generation & CAKE ShowsMarch 1997 had two very different nights.March 14th, D Generation played Bricktown Live.Great band.Almost nobody there.The bill had D Generation, The Lunch Bunch, Lord High Octane, and The Camshaft Kings. It was a full package tour with no local support, and that made a difference. For a punk rock or glam-leaning rock show, a strong local opener could have helped bring people into the room.But that night, they probably had less than 100 people.Sometimes the band is good. Sometimes the bill is c...
2026-07-1101 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCTeenage Juggalo vs. Police OfficerTeenage Juggalo vs. Police OfficerThis ICP cancellation story somehow got even crazier.After the show was called off at The Myriad, a police officer came back inside covered in clown makeup. He said one of the Juggalos attacked him.Turns out it was a kid. Maybe 13, 14, or 15 years old. First concert rookie mistake, and it was a big one.The kid had been beating on the big glass windows after the show got canceled. When the officer told him to stop, the kid turned around and charged him.
2026-07-1002 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCWeen & Twiztid ShowsWeen & Twiztid ShowsWeen at the Diamond Ballroom in 2003.701 people in the room.That one was underground, weird, and exactly what it needed to be. Ween had that cult following, the South Park connection, and songs that lived in their own strange little world.“Piss Up a Rope” was one of those moments.All-access pass. Poster. Diamond Ballroom energy.That was a good one.Then September 21st at the Diamond, the room shifted into another lane.Twiztid and Society 1.487 peop...
2026-07-0901 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCThe Rolling Stones 1981 Farewell TourThe Rolling Stones in 1981.Or as Max calls it, their first farewell tour.That week was unbelievable. Houston for two nights, then straight into Dallas for the Cotton Bowl shows. October 31st was rainy, but when they added November 1st, the sun came out and it turned into a beautiful November day.Max saw The Stones four times that week.That alone is a story.But the part everybody remembers is Mick Jagger climbing all the way up to the top of the stage truss during “Sympathy for the De...
2026-07-0701 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCRob Halford Headlines Madd Maxx’s Metal Bash 2000Rob Halford Headlines Madd Maxx’s Metal Bash 2000July 22, 2000.Rob Halford at the Diamond Ballroom.Madd Maxx’s Metal Bash.And yes, it was Max’s birthday party.418 people in the room for the Metal God himself. For Max, this one hit different. Early Judas Priest meant everything to him. In the late 70s and 80s, he traveled all over to see Priest, so when David called and said he had a headliner for Metal Bash, the name made him stop for a second.Rob Halfor...
2026-06-2902 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCSevendust, Static-X, Cannibal Corpse, & Living Sacrifice ShowsThis was one of those stretches where every flyer got heavier.Sevendust, Coal Chamber, Sepultura, and Downset. That lineup alone says everything about where heavy music was headed in 2000. Downset had a following. Sevendust was already becoming one of those bands people stayed loyal to for life.Then came Static-X, Taproot, Deadlights, and Slaves on Dope.That was the sound of the era. Industrial edge. Nu-metal energy. Packed rooms. Loud merch tables. Everybody trying to catch the next band before they broke wide open.September 6, 2000 — Cannibal Corpse at the Diamond Ballroom....
2026-06-2601 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCKansas & Peter Criss ShowsOctober 22, 1994.Kansas at The Roxy.Ten dollars in advance.And according to Max, it was one of the best club shows he ever saw.Kansas was locked in that night. Tight, powerful, and the kind of live performance that gives you goosebumps while you’re standing there. Some shows are good. Some shows remind you why you started chasing music in the first place.That was one of them.Fast forward years later, and Kansas is still out there playing rooms like Heartland Expo Center in Shawnee. Th...
2026-06-2500 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCZZ Top, Pretenders, & Stray Cats ConcertAugust 3, 2007.ZZ Top. The Pretenders. Stray Cats.That was one of those bills where every name on the flyer mattered.ZZ Top always delivers. The Pretenders are legends in their own right. But that night?Stray Cats stole the show.As many times as Max had seen ZZ Top, and even after seeing The Pretenders a few times, the Stray Cats came out and absolutely blistered the place. Brian Setzer and Lee Rocker are hard to top when they’re locked in, and that night they proved it.
2026-06-2300 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCCamping Out For Ozzy Osbourne Tickets In The SnowBefore online presales, verified fan codes, and digital queues, you had to earn your concert tickets.Sometimes that meant camping outside in the snow.Max talks about waiting in line for Ozzy Osbourne tickets during the Randy Rhoads era with only a few people crazy enough to be out there. The police got called, Jim Dunn came out, and instead of just running them off, he realized they weren’t leaving.So he opened the door and let them stay inside a small area.That moment turned into something bigger....
2026-06-2301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCBuying Taylor Swift Reputation Tour TicketsMax’s sister came to him with a job: two Taylor Swift tickets at AT&T Stadium. Not just any tickets either. They had to be good, because they were for the big boss.So Max called Ron.And Ron’s answer was exactly what you want to hear in that moment:“No problem. We’ll get it done. Don’t ask how. We’ll just get it done.”As the show got closer, Max had to drive down to Arlington, pay $60 just to park at a hamburger stand, and walk into the madne...
2026-06-2202 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCPowerman 5000, Static-X, Dope, & Slipknot ShowsPowerman 5000, Static-X, and Dope at the Diamond Ballroom.1,210 people. March 18, 2000.That was a hot bill for that moment. Powerman 5000 was moving. Static-X was on fire. Dope fit right in with that whole industrial, nu-metal, heavy radio wave that was taking over in 2000.At that point, 1,210 at the Diamond was probably a sellout or close to it.And then you fast forward 23 years.Powerman 5000 comes back to the same room in 2023.Same Diamond Ballroom.Different decade.Same kind of crowd memory.Then...
2026-06-2101 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCRolling Stones in Paris or the DesertWhen you’ve seen The Rolling Stones as many times as Max has, picking one favorite show is almost impossible.Every one is different. Different stage. Different songs. Different city. Different people with you. Some shows hit because of the performance. Some hit because of the moment around it.But if you had to narrow it down?Paris or the desert.Paris was unforgettable. Eiffel Tower in the rain. The whole atmosphere. David Browne and Annabel Brandt there with Max, helping make it one of those once-in-a-lifetime trips.And th...
2026-06-1801 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCThe Biggest Gift You Could Ever Give MeSome guests would be cool to have on the podcast.This one would mean something different.After years of stories, Jeff finally got to meet Max’s mom, and even with all the stories he’d heard, it still hit different. Then came Max Baker Sr. Stories started flowing, and the room knew right away there was history there.Max says having his dad on the podcast would be the biggest gift anyone could ever give him.Because he admires his father.That’s the heart of this clip.I...
2026-06-1701 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCI Drove a Wrecker to Buy George Strait TicketsMax drove a wrecker. If he made a little money, he put it right back into the next show, the next ticket buy, the next opportunity. That was the cycle.It started young. At 14, he bought his own motorcycle and turned it into his motocross bike. He learned early how to work, how to build credit, and how to walk into a bank with a plan.If Fleetwood Mac was coming through on the Tusk tour, he’d go to the banker and say, “I need to borrow money for 90 days.”And for a long...
2026-06-1501 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCI Quit Red Bull & Mexican FoodMax quitting Red Bull was not a small thing.For years, it was part of the routine. Before recording, before work, before getting on the road, somebody was usually making a 7-Eleven or OnCue run for sugar-free Red Bulls. Then one day, the heart doctor asked what he drank, Max said Red Bull, and the answer came back simple: “No good for you. Cut it out.”So he did.No big announcement. No long speech. Just stopped.And that wasn’t the only change.Max also gave up Mexican food...
2026-06-1201 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCAlice Cooper Brutal Planet TourSeptember 27th at the Bricktown Event Center.Alice Cooper on the Brutal Planet tour.That was one of those shows where everybody made it through the day, even if not everybody loved being there. Jeff may not have been thrilled, but the night itself turned into a real one.Backstage was tight. One way in, one way out. Kitchen area. Side access. Everybody packed into the same working space, trying to keep the show moving.And somewhere in the middle of it, there’s a photo with Alice Cooper, Carrie, and Ma...
2026-06-1200 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCMeeting Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Unforgettable Backstage Stories It doesn’t matter where Max is in life — hospital bed, lowest low, highest high — the Stones have carried him through it. That’s not a slogan. That’s survival. And by 2024, the story has stretched far beyond Oklahoma: seeing them in Paris, seeing them in the desert alongside names like Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, The Who, and Roger Waters.Then comes the backstage moment you can’t script.Pipe and drape. One opening. You step through… and accidentally step on Mick Jagger’s toes. The kind of mistake that becomes a legend the second it hap...
2026-06-0901 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCDo They Roll Along Stoned?It starts with a simple problem.“There’s a band coming this summer that I have no connections for.”And everybody immediately knows who we’re talking about.“Do they roll along stoned?”Yeah. They do.That’s how show business works. The biggest moments don’t show up on a calendar first — they show up in random conversations where you realize your ass is on the line again. And somehow, it turns into a blessing.Then the joke becomes the plan:“So do you have to get her Roll...
2026-06-0900 minMBJ Enterprises LLCIf You Stay in the Problem, You Never Find a SolutionMax says it plain. If you stay in the problem, you never find the solution.That lesson came from the woman sitting to his left, his sister Deana. When they first started spending more time together again, she saw him at his worst. Leg straightened out. Pain loud. Mood even louder. And she didn’t baby him. She held it up and hit him with the truth. “What are you gonna do now, big boy?” Even joked about whacking him with a cane when he was acting up.But the point wasn’t the joke.The...
2026-06-0401 minMBJ Enterprises LLCI Just Got Released From The Hospital TodayThe day Max was released from the hospital with a new knee. Rehab starting. Exercises underway. And even with the fresh pain of surgery, Max says it still doesn’t compare to what he was living with before.That’s the part people don’t understand until it’s them. Chronic pain doesn’t just hurt, it starts messing with your mind. It gets to the point where getting in a chair, getting in the truck, doing normal life feels impossible. Max said if it kept going the way it was, another week might have pushed him...
2026-06-0100 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCTwo Nights With UdoraTwo nights. Two stages. Full local scene energy.The dates matter here. Not July 24th. It was July 29th and 30th.One of those nights was at Cain's Ballroom and it was a Mad Max style build. Two stages, constant changeovers, and a lineup that felt like a roster sheet of that era.Udora headlining the mix with Midnight to 12, Wither, Makeshift, Rook, Cynical Theory, All Too Familiar, Vent, Waiting on Juliet, Oversold, Trip C, and Fighting Tomorrow.This wasn’t random booking. Udora mattered. David’s band. They’d been on the...
2026-05-2700 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCUntitled EpisodeJesse Jane Is on Drowning Pool’s Backstage PassGoing back through old laminates and backstage passes will bring back some wild memories.One of them?Drowning Pool backstage. Cain’s Ballroom date. Bricktown date. And printed right there among Oklahoma’s “finest” was Jesse Jane.And this wasn’t random.Because at that same time, there was the Devil’s Daughter video with Shotgun Rebellion.3130 Studios. Clark Dealcast shooting. Same space where other projects had happened before. Different energy this time.And suddenly the q...
2026-05-1401 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCFilming "Devil's Daughter" with Jesse Jane & Shotgun RebellionSometimes rock videos crossed the line on purpose.This one definitely did.Shotgun Rebellion filmed the video for Devil’s Daughter inside a church. Dark setting. Controversial concept. And somehow Max ends up co-starring alongside Jesse Jane.That’s when the realization hit.“Wait… I’m filming a music video in a church with a porn star?”And not just any adult star. Jesse Jane was one of the biggest names in the industry at that time. The whole thing felt surreal from the start.The video leaned all t...
2026-05-0601 minMBJ Enterprises LLCBand Canceled Max Put TM's Cell # On Venue DoorBand Canceled Max Put TM's Cell # On Venue DoorThis was the Killswitch show that never happened.Somewhere along the way they got hung up — Wichita Falls, Texas, if memory serves. Didn’t make it. No show.And the kids?They were furious.You’d brought that band through four or five times. Built a real fan base. Sold tickets. Packed the room. So when the cancellation hit, the blame didn’t go to weather or logistics or routing.It landed on you.Tensions were high. Pe...
2026-05-0401 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCEvanescence & Seether – Max Gets Hired As Zoo RunnerMid-2004 was stacked.Canadian rock rolling through town. Finger Eleven. Thornley, fronted by Ian Thornley, who previously led Big Wreck. Multiple rooms. Cain’s. Bricktown Live. The Rockwell.Then August 11.Zoo Amphitheatre.Evanescence. Seether. Three Days Grace.That was a strong bill. Post–“Bring Me to Life” era. Radio heavy. Big turnout.Three days later, August 14.ZZ Top at the Zoo.But behind the scenes is where the real shift happened.After getting in trouble and not being welcomed on some of the b...
2026-04-2001 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCBugs Bunny, A Monkey & Other Rider RequestsRiders tell you everything about a tour.Sometimes it’s normal. Towels. Drinks. Snacks.Sometimes it’s Sammy Kershaw wanting an 8x10 framed photo of Bugs Bunny in his dressing room. Not a joke. In a frame.Then came the monkey requests.One band kicked off the legendary M&M era of rider stories, but the “monkey in the dressing room” request had everyone scrambling. No idea what to do. So Max grabbed his kid’s Curious George and set it up backstage. Problem solved.Hank needed a monkey too. Stuff...
2026-04-1301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCBob Dylan & Willie Nelson Ballpark TourSeptember 3rd, 2004.Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.First show ever built on that turf.No prefab. No shortcuts. Built with labor. Hands-on. Long days rolling into longer nights. That was the kickoff for the ballpark era.Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson touring baseball stadiums across the country. Jam Productions behind it. Promoters getting commemorative bats and gloves like it was Little League for rock and roll. David still has his.For Max, this one hit different. Huge Dylan fan. Named his kid after him. Hero status. So he’s out there do...
2026-04-1001 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCTaking Zakk Wylde to a Drive-In Movie TheaterTaking Zakk Wylde to a Drive-In Movie TheaterAfter an acoustic show the night before and then Black Label Society at Cain's Ballroom, Max was running for the band. Fifteen-passenger van. Long nights. Zero sleep. That’s all he’ll admit to.At some point, he takes Zakk Wylde to see something most rock stars hadn’t seen in years.The Admiral Twin Drive-In.Back in 2005, drive-ins were almost extinct. Two screens back-to-back. Old-school Americana. The kind of place you don’t expect a global metal icon to be standing in front of...
2026-04-0801 minMBJ Enterprises LLCTexas Hippie Coalition On Jerry SpringerThis one didn’t happen at a venue.It happened in a hospital hallway.Before the injury, a deal was worked out for Texas Hippie Coalition to appear live on The Jerry Springer Show. Two versions of the performance. A TV edit and an R-rated cut. Full chaos. Classic Springer energy.Max was supposed to be there.Then life shifted.Instead of standing backstage at a TV taping, he’s being pushed down a hallway at St. Anthony Hospital for wound care. Big Dad is the one pushing the whee...
2026-04-0602 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCSlipknot, Lamb of God & Shadows Fall x2March 28 and 29, 2005.Back-to-back nights. State Fair Arena. Kansas Coliseum.Slipknot. Lamb of God. Shadows Fall. DevilDriver.Massive bills. Pure heavy energy.And somehow… Max didn’t get in.“No Max allowed.”Didn’t buy a ticket. Couldn’t get through the door. While Lamb of God was leveling the building and Slipknot was in full machine mode.That era was stacked. Metal was peaking. LOG shirts everywhere. DevilDriver crushing it. Shadows Fall holding their lane strong.Then a week later, April 3, 2005, Sparta plays Bricktown Li...
2026-04-0601 minMBJ Enterprises LLCThe Groundskeeper Got PissedOutdoor show. Big build. Turf field.Everything has to be covered in plywood. Every inch protected. Because once you’re on grass, you’re on borrowed time.Somewhere in the middle of it, a security guard drags a chair out to center field. Plants it. Sits there. Leaves indentations in the grass.Enter the grounds police.Not security. Not the guard.The Baker Boys.That’s who got blamed.When you’re building stages that size, the days bleed together. Day rolls into night. Night into the...
2026-04-0501 minMBJ Enterprises LLCBand Thinks The Record Label Is Paying For EverythingDinner before the show.Big table. Big spending.Max leans over and says, “You know you’re paying for all this, right?”The band laughs it off.“No, man. It’s the record company.”Meanwhile the label reps are ordering everything. Expensive wine. Full menu. No hesitation. Just stacking receipts like it’s free money.Max and Brad are in the corner splitting a sandwich, watching it unfold.Every bottle. Every entrée. Every round.Recoupable.The band had no idea. They thought th...
2026-04-0401 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCEdgefest 2003Sponsored by The Edge. Packed with national acts and a wave of local bands filling out the lineup. It wasn’t just a concert. It was a scene.Jeff, Max, and Sean McGillicuddy weren’t just attending. They were running merch. Tables set up in a full circle around the field. Shirts, CDs, boxes stacked high.And then it got weird.The band drops off all these merch boxes… and never picks them back up.Now you’ve got stacks of inventory that don’t belong to you. Running around the festival t...
2026-03-2901 minMBJ Enterprises LLCDon’t EVER Go On The BusBackstage, small things turn into big explosions.A can of Campbell’s soup gets dumped into a crockpot instead of making it from scratch. She sees it. She snaps. Full meltdown over respect, effort, and doing things the right way. That was lesson one.Later that night, another scene unfolds.A girl is crying in the back of the house. The bus is gone.Max doesn’t sugarcoat it. “You were on the bus? You never go on the bus.”No rescue mission. No dramatic reunion. Just taillights fading into the...
2026-03-2501 minMBJ Enterprises LLCMötley Crüe Came To My Parents’ HouseMax shows up at his parents’ house and asks to borrow the van. With him are Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee, right in the middle of their wild ’80s era. Long hair. Tight clothes. Zero subtlety.Deana answers the door and has no idea who they are. Dad just sees “Max and some friends.”Van keys handed over. Chaos era Crüe standing in a conservative Oklahoma driveway.That’s how normal and insane collided in one afternoon.Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. #HeresTheDeal...
2026-03-2201 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCMalevolent Creation, Rollins, Chevelle & 30 Seconds to MarsThere was a stretch when the calendar stopped making sense.Malevolent Creation was pulling in Oklahoma City crowds. The joke was that people might see the name on the flyer and think it was a church group. It wasn’t. It was heavy. And it worked.This was the period when everything started accelerating. The groundwork in the venues was paying off. Systems were forming. Max and Jeff became road dogs.The same night, at the Bricktown Event Center, Henry Rollins was likely doing one of his first spoken word tours. A different ki...
2026-03-2101 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCHappy Birthday MaxIt’s the Beatles birthday. Happy 64th.The fans are rolling in. Balloons. Confetti. Hip hop air horn on standby. Maybe even a circus clown before it’s over.And then the special guest to the right.Deana Baker.Max’s sister. The one who lived through the Baker household years. Growing up with him?“It was crazy. He kind of did his own thing. He was the one who always got in trouble… so we just watched him to know what not to do.”Sixty-four years later a...
2026-03-1901 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCMax Calls Mother For Help, She Sends DeanaIt wasn’t a small event.It was the Buffalo Bike Run. Marketed as the largest payout in Oklahoma bike run history. Over $100,000 paid out. Vendors. Music. A full production. Even a circus element.Max and his partner at CEU, Brad White, built it big.And then it got bigger.The response was overwhelming. Riders. Participants. Moving parts everywhere. At some point, it wasn’t about pride. It was about survival.So Max did something unexpected.He called his mom.She didn’t hesitate. She called...
2026-03-1601 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCI’m Deana Baker. I’m Here to Help.Max and Brad are yelling. Bumping bellies. About ready to throw down.And Deana walks into the middle of it.“They look at me and say, ‘Who are you?’ I said, ‘I’m Deana Baker. I’m Max’s sister. I’m here to help.’”They ask what she’s going to do.“Uh… whatever. I don’t know.”Then comes the assignment.A box. Full of pre-registration paperwork. Hundreds of packets that people are supposed to pick up the next day at noon.Not alphabetized. Not orga...
2026-03-1301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCLeon Russell & Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen 2003For Max and Jeff, it started with a record.The original Mad Dogs & Englishmen album. Tour poster inside. Tour book from the original run. A piece of history hanging on the wall.So when the chance came in 2003, Max did it right.He had Leon sign it first.Leon was proud to autograph it. No hesitation. No attitude. Just signed it.Then they went to Joe Cocker.Joe signed it. Didn’t even look at what he was signing. Just did it and moved on.Now here’s where it gets inter...
2026-02-2301 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCTornados, Godsmack, & Bone Thugs-N-HarmonyWhen you grow up in Oklahoma, tornadoes are part of the soundtrack.Max talks about being a little kid, babysitting his brothers and sisters, watching a tornado dip down and take the house across the street. It followed the creek and kept moving. After seeing that up close, storms hit different.“If I’m gonna go, I’m gonna go. Ride it out.”That same Oklahoma grit carried into the concert nights. One week it’s heavy rock like Godsmack shaking walls in Tulsa. Another night it’s May 16, 2003 at the Diamond Ballroom with Bone Th...
2026-02-2101 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCThe Cramps, Goo Goo Muck, & Wednesday AddamsWhen The Cramps released “Goo Goo Muck” over 40 years ago, nobody could’ve predicted it would resurface because of a viral dance. But that’s exactly what happened after Wednesday Addams made it a moment.What’s wild is watching little kids hear that intro and immediately stop what they’re doing. They go straight into that dance. No hesitation. No explanation needed.That’s culture in real time.If I had pulled that record out years ago and played it for a 5-year-old, it probably would’ve been background noise...
2026-02-1901 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCICP & 2 Live Crew Play The DiamondWhen Insane Clown Posse and 2 Live Crew hit The Diamond Ballroom, it was one of those bills that felt dangerous in the best way possible. It was the first time ICP had played here, and the Juggalos showed up ready. You already know what that means.That was the show where a semi truck full of Faygo pulled into the parking lot. One truck came in loaded, another left empty. Stagehands spent hours transferring cases onto the touring rig. That wasn’t just soda. That was ammunition.If...
2026-02-1801 min
MBJ Enterprises LLCInsane Clown Posse MerchandiseWhen it comes to merch, Insane Clown Posse rewrote the rules.Most bands work off an 80/20 split based on gross merchandise sales. You roll the dice and hope fans spend money at the table.ICP flipped it.They’d come in and offer a flat amount per head. Guaranteed money. No guessing. No wondering if fans would buy. Promoters looked at the number and thought, “Done.” It removed the risk.And they still made a killing.Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told.Foll...
2026-02-1801 min
The Reserve TeamEpisode 11 - The GOAT DebateThe Reserve Team enters the draft war room with twins Alex and Max Baker to determine the greatest 16 athletes (and 4 coaches) of all time.
2021-05-0549 min