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Mr.Bill

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9. The story I heard was it was the ceiling.

Sat Nov 4, 2023, 10:28 PM

Nov 2023

It seems his record was not selling well enough to cover the advance they had paid him and he literally owed them money and was working it off. Keith Richards said that was an eye opener and they knew immediately that the had to own their record label someday.

Keith also said Waters was a total gentleman no matter what circumstance there was when you met him.

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