[Dixielandjazz] Getting Paid

[Richard Broadie]

Should mention that I did not steal the furniture from the hotel.  That was
how the hotel figured out how to pay me.  If any stealing was done, it was
the hotel stealing from their other creditors to pay me.  Funny, that didn't
seem like stealing at the time, although the Palm Springs Police Department
thought I was a fence for some burglar at the time.  Hotel was kind enough
to give me documentation that the furniture was indeed mine to sell.  Glad
that documentation wasn't eventually presented against them in bankruptcy
court, something that could have easily happened, according to my 20/20
hindsight.

Important thing is I've never really been stiffed.  It may have taken me 6
months to get paid, but that was from folks like Dick Clark Producitions,
Warner Bros. and Capitol Records.

Dick B
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Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Getting Paid


> That thread was taken off list folks because we were swapping stories
about
> incidents in the sixties when things often got kind of dicey trying to get
paid
> from all the wanna be promoters and night club operators etc.
>
> It started with Dick mentioning how he used to steal furniture from
bankrupt
> hotels that did not pay him for playing.  Brought back some interesting
> stories and situations from my early days booking 111 Holiday Inns at a
time.
>
> The last one I sent to Dick was funny but quite long and in detail,
>
> If anybody wants to see it I will forward it off list if you contact me
at:
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Wiggins
>
> Tcashwigg at aol
>
>
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