“Woo! Okay! This is great.” So, the girl calls him every week or so just to say hello. It makes him happy. So, he’s still in there. And he’s much bet- ter than he has been, so that’s good.


Over the years, I was able to meet all of the guys in the band, post-Hatchet. I always thought Bruce Crump was the only normal guy in the band. (Laughs) (Laughs) Yeah, at one time I had all six guys in the band, all doing things they shouldn’t be doing. You can imagine the kinds of things they were getting into. When they were young and still doing


clubs, there’s a place north of Macon called High Falls. They were out in the water with all of these scantily clad, beautiful women. Dave came up be- hind this one gorgeous blonde with big breasts and reached around and was holding them in his hands and grinning. This was when Dave had a tooth missing in the front. A photographer grabbed that shot. So, I asked the guy to make me up about ten 8 X 10 copies of that picture. I kept them in my drawer. Than one day Dave came in to see me and said “You need to give me this much money.” I said, “Dave, you’ve already got- ten your per diems, and you have maybe $1500 more coming to you, but the rest of it I going to stay in the band account, because when we start back up it will cost us about $35,000 for sound and lights and the bus. So, he says “You’ve got to give me some money!” My wife says this, my wife says that. I pulled out one of those pictures and laid it on my desk and I said “What do you think your wife will say about this?” He looks at it and says “Motherfucker!” And tears it up. I pulled out another one, he grabbed that one and tore it up. I said, “Dave you can do this all day long. And if you continue to harass me, I’m going to put it in an envelope and send it to your wife. You’ll be getting a divorce, and you’ll be worth about half of what you are worth now.” He said, “Mother- fucker you wouldn’t do that to me.” I said that yes, I would if he continued to bug me, and he was not getting any more money. Well he shut up. Later on, if he bugged me I’d say “I’ve still got the pictures, buddy.” And he would laugh. He knew I’d never really do that, and I knew his wife really well, but it certainly did stop him from being a jerk to me.


Dave Hlubek and Duane Roland kick out the jams.


Dave was a great guy. He made me laugh. I hung around him a good bit when he was in Southern Rock Allstars. Jakson Spires, Jay Johnson and them would often get tired of his being a prima donna or being an asshole, and they would pull some pretty crazy tricks on Dave. (Laughs) But I will refrain from telling those stories. Jay will no doubt have some in the book he is writing. Funny thing, no matter how big a jerk he was at times, you had to love him. I sure did. But there are stories better left untold. (Laughs) Yes, I have had to refrain from telling some of the more distasteful stories. When we moved them over to Capital records, I met up with the band in Dallas, Texas. And this girl came up and said, “I’m y’all’s greatest fan.” And we said, “Oh yeah? How is that?” She said, “Well I will show you all tonight.” We said okay, whatever. Well, after the show, Danny was using the shower at the hall – the rest of the guys were waiting to use the ones at the hotel. This girl came in, and her husband was there. Jughead (the Road Manager) told the man, “I’m sorry but you can’t come in.” He said, “well, I’m her husband.” Jughead said “I’m sorry.” The woman came in and there was an old shoe shine stand in there. She comes in and kicks off her cowboy books and pulls her blue jeans off and her panties. She gets up the seat and puts her feet up on the things where you normally put your shoes. She opens up her legs and she has lightning bolts on her lady parts. She says, “See, I am your biggest fan.” Danny Joe comes over and whips the towel off of himself and says, “Well, how about showing me how big a fan you are?”


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