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Most groupies will have sex with band members, but hooking up with roadies is considered distasteful and demeaning. Hamzy, however, is the ultimate egalitarian. She makes no distinction between a sweaty lighting rigger and the lead singer of a band, treating everyone with the same amount of sexual zeal: "I love roadies, from the truck drivers all the way up to production. Hell, truck drivers are the backbone of the business. Why not show them a little love?" Tim Walker, a swag seller from Texas, recalls: "I was out with Tanya Tucker in '94, and Connie just walked up to me in [the] catering [area] and grabbed my balls. She said, 'If I give you head, will you give me some T-shirts?' So I said, 'Let's go.' And she did it, right there in the back of my truck."
Many of today's younger musicians and roadies know about the legend of Sweet Connie and consider a blowjob from her the ultimate rock experience. Jack Knoebber, a sound engineer, says, "I was in Little Rock about three years ago with Tesla, and Connie was making the rounds backstage, asking if anyone wanted a blowjob. I thought about doing it, just so I could say my dick was in the same mouth as Keith Moon and John Bonham."
Hamzy's largesse didn't stop backstage. She used to send nude photos of herself in Christmas cards to roadies she met across the country. "Then I got a threatening letter from some merch guy's wife," she says. "She said if I ever sent another naked picture to him, she'd jump a plane to Little Rock and stab me in the neck."
In the '90s, Hamzy used her celebrity status to run for public office. In 1995, she ran unsuccessfully for the Second Congressional District seat in central Arkansas as "the candidate of the working poor." In 1998, she ran for mayor of Little Rock but her campaign derailed when she was cited for public intoxication. She received 4069 votes in a losing effort to incumbent mayor Jim Dailey.
"Was running for office a positive experience?" I ask.
"Yeah," she says, "but I thought there'd be more cocktail parties."
Hamzy and I head backstage to the loading dock where members of L.A. Guns and Slaughter are climbing out of an airport taxicab. The bands have flown in for the show, which means there won't be any tour buses on the premises. "Dammit," she says. "Where am I supposed to suck dick?"
Hamzy says she prefers performing oral sex to having intercourse at a show; "I can cover more ground sucking cock."
While most of her sexual antics are quick and dirty liaisons accomplished with a methodical precision, there have been moments of genuine affection. This is apparent when she describes the time she spent with Jon Bonham, Waylon Jennings, and Keith Moon.
"Did you ever fall in love with any of your famous partners?" I ask.
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