Only been to John's twice at the old location. Yeah, he was funny and mean. Awesome jukebox. I recall seeing a mugshot of him as a young kid in the '60s-'70s. There's a story to it. I guess he was flying right as a college student, until the cops nabbed him as the wrong John Thompson wanted for a crime and treated him rather brutally over it. Supposedly, it was "no more Mr. Nice Guy" from him, and he dedicated himself to being a pain-in-d'-arse from that point on.
Please, give me the more accurate story behind that mugshot, if I am [[which I most likely am about this) way off the mark....