Last week I told you about my confrontation with the drunks at the Men at Work concert in Melbourne, Florida.

Well, there's another story to tell.

There had been no mention of an opening act for this show, but when the lights went out a man with a guitar who was not Men at Work's Colin Hay emerged onto the stage.

At that moment we realized: there's an opener.

Now it's perhaps too harsh to say we "hated" the guy. But I've seen many audiences be very unkind to opening acts. They want to see the musicians they came for, and they have unpleasant ways of letting an opening act know that.

But this guy was ready for it.

His name is Chris Trapper. And when touring with Pat Benatar last year, he cracked the code regarding how to warm up an ice cold audience.

In fact, I saw him after the show and said: "I have been going to concerts for 37 years, and I have never seen an opening act warm up a crowd the way you just did." My daughters bought three Chris Trapper merchandise items between them.

He started out by joking about how little interest we had in seeing him, and that most audiences react to an opening act the way they do a dental appointment.

Right away, he got us on his side. We had to laugh. And at that moment it hit everyone: this is a guy trying to make a living. Give him a chance.

It helped that his music and his voice were very good and that he kept us fully entertained with his stories and humor.

By the end half the place was on its feet for him -- a truly amazing feat for an opener.

It was a masterclass in how to succeed as an opening act, and one that could help other potential opening acts, if they only knew to learn from him, enjoy more success.

Well, we may not all be Chris Trapper, but I discovered something about our little ragtag band of freedom people: we all have something we know well, something to share, some insight that can make a big difference for other people.

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