Ronnie And The Bag Of Cash

After the "Pronounced" album came out, we played this outdoor show in Birmingham. It was the bands' FIRST POLICE ESCORT. Very impressive!! And we got paid in cash, as I recall.

After the show, Ronnie summoned all the band members together in a hotel room. He demanded that our road manager, Russ, hand him ALL the cash from the show (can't remember how much - maybe $15,000-20,000). Russ objected (saying "You can't take this, we owe taxes on that money!"), but that fell on deaf ears.

Ronnie then decided to pay each member in cash for that night - but he only paid us what he thought we were worth! Let me get something straight here. Ronnie was always fair. Harsh, but fair. I can't recall who got paid the least (I'm sure someone got extremely shorted because Ronnie was trying to make a point), but I remember that I made out ok that night. Ronnie made the most, though!