BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Paul Janeway, the lead singer of St. Paul and the Broken Bones, was backstage after the first of two sold-out shows at the Alabama Theater last week. He had replaced his signature suit with a t-shirt and was wearing his favorite Alabama hat when a couple approached and asked to take a picture with him.
They had one small request, though. They asked him to take his hat off. Evidently, the couple was a pair of Auburn fans. But Janeway didn’t bite.
"I said, 'You’re either taking a picture with me in this hat or we’re not taking a picture.