Adrian Jay Mitchell was cruising around Malibu in a custom seafoam green golf cart tricked out by Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis.

It was 2014 and he was crashing at Kiedis' place, living what seemed like every aspiring musician's fantasy.

"Pure freedom," Mitchell recalled of those sun-soaked rides nine years ago. "The wind in your hair. The beautiful sunlight washing over you. In Malibu, driving down the beach and just having the time of your life.”

Here was Mitchell — now active in the Cody, Wyoming, music scene and then an eager musician from Michigan — literally riding through paradise with an inside connection to rock royalty.

Mitchell’s relationship with the Chili Peppers legend began years earlier when he first met Kiedis at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids.

"I was

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