MBJ Enterprises LLC
MBJ Enterprises LLC is the umbrella brand behind our growing network of podcasts, media clips, and original content. We produce, document, and distribute stories rooted in live music history, show business, and real behind-the-scenes experiences. From archived concert memories to new digital media projects, MBJ Enterprises brings multiple creative ventures together under one banner. This is where storytelling, production, and legacy content connect and continue to grow.
Episodes
48 episodes
The Groundskeeper Got Pissed
Outdoor 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 f...
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Band Thinks The Record Label Is Paying For Everything
Dinner 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 order...
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Hank Williams III Warns Audience About Second Set
Most artists ease you into a show.Hank III gives you a warning.First set? Pure country. You’re in heaven. Steel guitar. Honky-tonk energy. The kind of set you don’t want to end.Then he grabs the mic.“For those of you...
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Forklift Crashes Into Sheriff’s Daughter’s Car
First show at the ballpark.No traffic control. No blocked streets. Gear being pushed up a ramp into open traffic in Bricktown. Cars flying by while you’re loading out.That was the setup.Then after the show, the forklift sta...
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Artist Getting Ripped Off By Record Labels
Getting a record deal is one thing.Getting your rights back? That’s almost unheard of.In this case, the label agreed to return the band’s rights upon recoup. That doesn’t happen often. Other people in the industry even asked wh...
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Problems, Issues, & Show Stoppers
Some shows, you know exactly why you’re there. You know why it matters. You know what it’s shaping inside you.In this business, there are problems, there are issues, and then there are showstoppers....
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The Chainsaw Kittens
Bricktown Amphitheater.Chainsaw Kittens take the stage. Norman band. Cult following. Built their name the hard way.Tyson Meade was never typical frontman energy. He had his own lane. Art-driven. Different. The band carved out a re...
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Edgefest 2003
Sponsored 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 i...
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Ichiro & The Samurai Saki House
May 30, 2003. Social Burn, Memento, Presence, and Headroom at The Samurai.David was working with Headroom, trying to break the band. Social Burn had major label heat. It felt like another club show on paper.It wasn’t.Ichiro...
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The Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour
Before it became legendary, it was a lifeline.The promise behind Mad Dogs & Englishmen wasn’t just music. It was survival. The project, the record, the tour — it helped Joe Cocker stay in the United States. Financially. Professionall...
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Don’t EVER Go On The Bus
Backstage, 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...
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ZZ Top, Bob Weir & Stone Sour Shows
March 3, 2003. The Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour hits the Ford Center with ZZ Top and Ted Nugent. Huge stage. Huge room. At that time, that pairing still felt massive.That same season, Stone Sour rolled through with Powerman 5000, ...
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Untitled Episode
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at the Diamond BallroomMay 16, 2003.Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at the Diamond. And back then, it wasn’t a partial lineup. It was pretty much all of them.644 people in the room. Packed energy. That era ...
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Mötley Crüe Came To My Parents’ House
Max 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...
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Malevolent Creation, Rollins, Chevelle & 30 Seconds to Mars
There 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...
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A Trip From Taco Bell To Taco Hell
Lisa has done shows with us before. And when it comes to running? She’s locked in. Calm. Efficient. Protective.Until the Taco Bell incident.Post-show food run after a Diamond night. The drive-through scam was in motion. “Printer...
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The Cramps, Evanescence, Slaves on Dope & Pissing Razors
Spring 2003 was a blur.One night you’re at the Diamond with The Cramps. The same night you’re across town at The Other Side going full Texas with Pissing Razors, 40 Grit, and Society 1. Back-to-back shows. Highway miles stacking up. The ...
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Happy Birthday Max
It’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....
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Remember Chevelle, Disturbed & Atreyu Concerts?
April 2003 was stacked.April 8 brought Chevelle, Disturbed, Taproot, and Un Loco to what had just transitioned from the Myriad to the Cox Convention Center. Heavy lineup. National names. That era when nu-metal and hard rock were packing ...
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Evel Knievel, Dennis Rodman & Brian Bosworth Attend Buffalo Bike Run
The Buffalo Bike Run wasn’t a small-town gathering.It was Cross Canadian Ragweed. It was Foghat. It was over-the-top production.And it was Evel Knievel.Dennis Rodman.Brian Bosworth.For anyone outside Oklahoma,...
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Max Calls Mother For Help, She Sends Deana
It 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 Wh...
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Mudvayne & In Flames at The Bricktown Event Center
March 26, 2003.Mudvayne. In Flames. Grade 8. A heavy lineup at the Bricktown Event Center during a time when alternative and metal were surging in Oklahoma.This was one of those days where everything clicked. When Jeff and the cre...
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I’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.’”The...
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