JASON & THE SCORCHERS: HICK'RY SMOKED HEAVY METAL
“We’re in France, in Toulouse, I think. It’s the morning after the gig, and we’re all getting in the tour bus to go to our next gig. And I notice Ronnie and Jeff (Johnson, Scorchers’ bassist)—who always room together—are giving each other these knowing looks, and whispering to each other, and shit.
JASON & THE SCORCHERS: HICK'RY SMOKED HEAVY METAL
by
L.E. Agnelli
“We’re in France, in Toulouse, I think. It’s the morning after the gig, and we’re all getting in the tour bus to go to our next gig. And I notice Ronnie and Jeff (Johnson, Scorchers’ bassist)—who always room together—are giving each other these knowing looks, and whispering to each other, and shit. each other, and shit. So Ronnie comes over to me and says, ‘Listen, no matter what happens, just go along with us. You don’t know anything.’
“So the band’s sitting there, nice, hands folded on the table, ready to leave. Ronnie and Jeff are sitting there smiling, you know. Then our tour manager, Alan Morris, big British guy, comes on the bus and says, ‘All right, who knows about the furniture?’ Ronnie and Jeff look at each other and go, 'What furniture?.’