Chapter 13: The Outlaws The Outlaws were one of the first big acts I got for Dooley’s. I booked them with an agency called Paragon out of Macon, Georgia, which was run by a man named Alex Hodges. He also had groups like Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels, the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Wet Willie. …
Chapter 12: Chuck Berry Chuck Berry was one of the first artists I booked at Dooley’s, for two shows in January 1977. I’ve heard some messed-up stories about him—that he would arrive for a show and tell you he needed more money than he was supposed to get before he would play. He’d tell…
Chapter 11: Getting the Gig at Dooley’s Tempe A Star is Born came and went. It was a great gig, and it gave me some much-needed confidence. I was marking time at this point, not doing much in the biz … until I finally got a regular gig booking for Dooley’s Nightclub in Tempe in the…
Chapter 10 A Star Is Born At the end of 1975 I got another phone call from Bill Graham, but this time he was calling for advice. He was going to put on a concert at ASU Stadium in the spring of ’76, for a remake of the classic Judy Garland picture A Star…
Chapter 9 Keeping My Head Above Water: The Very First Shows The show went on, but I had to take Journey off the bill. Of course, in no time Journey would go on to become one of the biggest names in rock music. I hated being the guy who had canceled on Journey just as…
