1:12:01
When you play a great show
like tonight--
1:12:03
Okay, I need everyone's attention,
please.
1:12:05
Girls, I need five minutes
with the band alone.
1:12:08
Right.
Well, it seems the rumors are true.
1:12:13
The record company has sent
a big-time manager here...
1:12:16
to try and talk you
into replacing me.
1:12:18
His name is Dennis Hope.
I know you've all heard of him.
1:12:21
He's got all the big bands,
and he's outside right now...
1:12:23
and he wants five minutes with you.
1:12:25
And, well, I think
we've gotta do this.
1:12:30
- Well, send him in.
- Yeah, bring him in.
1:12:32
- We'll send him out on a rail!
- All right.
1:12:35
We'll finish the interview in Maryland.
You can fly home from Maryland, okay?
1:12:43
Hey, we've already got a manager.
He's been with us from the beginning.
1:12:46
Respectfully.
We all have our roots.
1:12:48
I believe in bands
holding on to their roots.
1:12:50
Those roots need to be augmented.
1:12:52
Your manager here
needs a manager.
1:12:56
Example-- if you hadn't have run out
on your contract in Phoenix...
1:12:59
we could have sued
over Russell's hand.
1:13:02
But you left, negating the contract,
forfeiting the deposit.
1:13:05
You effectively traveled a long way
to pay that promoter to electrocute you.
1:13:10
Okay, your damages have put you
way in the hole for this tour.
1:13:12
Right now, you owe the record company
more than you've got.
1:13:15
But your record's selling.
There's money to be made.
1:13:17
So I brought a plane in. We could add
more shows to make up the difference.
1:13:20
- Respectfully.
- We travel by bus.
1:13:24
Doris is the soul of this band.
1:13:26
That bus has been our home since
we were the Jeff Bebe band. No way.
1:13:29
Hey, man, I'd travel on a pogo stick
if I thought we could make more money.
1:13:33
You could play more dates
with a plane.
1:13:34
Well, it's not about money. It's about
playing music and turning people on.
1:13:38
Clearly. Respectfully.
1:13:40
Why should we pay you for something
we can do ourselves?
1:13:42
Do you know how to keep
from getting charged...
1:13:44
for the ice below the floorboards
at Chicago Stadium?
1:13:48
Do you know how to do
a headlining tour?
1:13:50
Do you know how to get a record
not pressed, but played?
1:13:53
You gotta take what you can,
when you can, while you can...
1:13:57
and you gotta do it now.
1:13:58
That's what the big boys do.