Hello Aud Ones,

Earlier today I cut, pasted and forwarded (off-list) a post from Bryan
about the Cheap Trick song "He's A Whore" and the origins of the song,
cuz I knew my friend Roger would just love to read it. Roger Hillis is,
as you might guess or may already know, Cliff's "big" brother (and
Beth's
brother-in-law!). He's a reporter and columnist for the Delaware Coast
Press here at
the beach. He knows the guys in Cheap Trick, having interviewed, hung
out with and see them live many times. To say he's a big fan would still
be doing him a great
disservice. He told me to feel free and post his reply / addition, that
he sent in response to my original forward (what?). So, here 'tis:

Robin Zander was a full-time solo acoustic folkie at a
resort in Milwaukee or Wisconsin, in fact Cheap Trick
had a different singer before him and waited quite a
long time for Zander's contract to be up so he could
join them without being sued.
"He's a Whore" was supposedly inspired by Ken Adamany,
who managed them for more than 20 years (although it
morphed into the gigolo theme). Then 20 years later
when they took Adamany to court for allegedly dipping
his hand into the cookie jar, Nielson wrote a song
called "You Let A Lot of People Down" on the 1997
self-titled album. Although depending on what day you
catch him on, Nielson will say it was written about
Robert MacNamara (sp.?) and Vietnam

 - Roger Hillis via
Jeff T.
Delaware

NP: I finally own "The World Won't End" (thanks to Gary's swearing
eternal love for and allegiance to the record), and I cannot stop
listening to it. I've yet to play an official inning or even have my
first official at-bat here in Auditees Park, but I *am* finally in a
borrowed uniform, walking toward the stadium from the players parking
lot. I think I'm the player to be named later from the 2001
draft.)

P.S. Please excuse Jeff's dripping sarcasm from last weeks Darkness
post. He was ill that day and we couldn't let him come to school and
infect the other auditeers.

Love,
Jeffs Mom