Reply #3: I played checkers with Hank once...

[RoyGBiv]

It was weird. I was about 12 and had no idea who he was. My mother and grandmother were involved in a crafts fair at a location where he was playing that night. Being bored, I spent my time sitting in the stands, watching the crew set up the stage, listening to the bands test things and warm up, and messing with some hand-crafted puzzles I'd talked Mom into buying me.

I also had a small, portable checker set I'd bought at some booth. I was looking at the pieces when this guy with a shaggy beard walked up and asked if I was any good. "Yeah..." "Wanna play a game?" "Sure." So, we did. I won, he said "thanks for the game," and left.

I figured out who he was that night while I was watching the news and saw a report mentioning his concert.