With the power he had at the time, he and Preach had to settle for Tom taking Bobby down a few pegs.

Then, in the end, Bobby being Bobby, he did the rest.

Lyla:

[Off tape]

What was your take on Bobby Sheridan?

In the time I had with the band on that leg of the tour, before going back to school, he had several occasions to see me. And when he did, I was with Preacher.

So, what he did, I thought he wasn’t the brightest bulb in the box.

But if I’m being honest, I’d already thought that.

It wasn’t about me. It was about Preacher.

He was jealous as hell of Preacher.

Bobby had heard about the early days, them brawling.

And obviously, he knew of The Breakfast Incident.

So, he thought Preacher had a short fuse.

And maybe he did.

But Preacher was onstage, playing with the band.

And I was offstage, watching him when Bobby made his pass.

I mean, I was maybe twenty feet from Preacher.

And he did it when Preacher glanced over at me.

I was Preacher’s, and Preacher was Tommy’s, so Tommy was there in a flash, in between me and Bobby, backing him off.

A security guard whisked me to their dressing room and stood guard.

And that was that.

I cannot say it felt nice having his hands on me when they were uninvited, and I’m not being unnecessarily mean when I tell you he had really bad breath.

He did.

But it felt like it was over before it even started.

Bobby thought Preacher would tear off his guitar and come after him.

He thought Preacher would leave his fans and the band and fuck it all up by walking off stage during a set to get in Bobby’s face.

The label would frown on that and the Roadmasters would be taken off the tour.

No way Preacher was going to do that.

Josh was one thing.

Bobby Sheridan was another.

They were going to handle him a different way.

And they did.

See?

Not the brightest bulb in the box.

Jesse:

It was all about Lyla.

Her friends drove up for the Cleveland show, and they brought a bunch of her clothes, and I think from the beginning Lyla had her groove. Her own vibe. Even when she was seventeen, her in her Nikes.

And that vibe was to not to be like anyone else.

[Laughs]

She was rock ’n’ roll and didn’t even know it.

So, she’s traipsing around in tight jeans with that round ass, and red pumps that made those long legs longer, and button-up blouses in slinky material that covered her everywhere but hung on her big tits. She’s got this little gold chain with this tiny angel hanging from it at her throat and I think that’s all the jewelry she wore because her grandfather wouldn’t let her pierce her ears.

But it’s more.

She’s into Preacher in a way that was not a groupie way.