Rich Ward's Commentary -
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Published on: 10/5/2007
Last Visited: 10/5/2007
I don't handle the business side of things so, while I got the music ready, my manager, Mark Willis, would deal with the label. (As a side note, Mark and I have been great friends with Rob Gill for years, which made this deal even more appealing to all of us.)
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Every other day or so I would call Mark and ask, "What's up with Gill?
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Then Mark called me one day and said, "Ok.
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A couple of weeks later, in early December, I got the word from Mark that the deal with Spitfire/Eagle was DEAD!We were going to have to start sending out demos and showcasing the band again.WHAT HAPPENED?Apparently, not everyone was on board at the label.After ten years of being signed to and dealing with not one, but four different record companies, I just said F@$K this.I called Mark and said, "Get me a deal for a Stuck Mojo record and then I'm out."Stuck Mojo?
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So then the phone rings and it's Mark."Hey," he says "the deal with Spitfire is back on and I got the deal memo on my desk."
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Maybe for The Earl, but not for The Duke! (I know, it's not funny, but just humor me.) Oh yeah, just one more detail from Mark, "Rich, you have to finish the record before you go to Europe in order to get the release date we want."
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Without a doubt, Mark Willis and our agent Adam worked harder than anyone else on the tour.