Go behind the scenes and learn about one of the hardest jobs you could ever take on: security guard at a Beach Boys concert.
But the estimated 12,500 people around me didn't seem to need that much securing. They ranged from the woman in the low-cut top who kept sauntering up the aisle, once blowing kisses at the musicians, to the group in the front who rolled their eyes at her act. If she was in her early 20s, they were twice her age and then some. One carried a cane.
The other guys wearing the yellow shirts told me our job is to help people have a good time, more customer service than security. They told me to be polite but firm when I asked people lingering in the aisles to find their seats.
"Mostly you have to be a good listener," said Travis McKenna, head of security for the Grandstand Arena. "You're here to help."
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