Hey Vince, I was just skimming No One Here Gets Out Alive by Danny Sugerman and Jerry Hopkins for the first time in years and I came across this passage about when you tried to get the manager position.
Just wondering what you think about it.
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As "Unknown Soldier" went onto the record charts, another crisis occurred. This was in Los Angeles when the Doors went back into the studio. Ray walked up to the group's equipment manager of four months, Vince Treanor, and asked for some change for the Coke machine.
"Speaking of change," Vince said, "don't you think it's time you had a new manager?" He was, of course, recommending himself. Ray was stunned.
It was Vince's opinion that Bill was doing the group great harm, and he offered it to all four Doors individually. Then the four Doors and Paul Rothchild went into the control room and some time later were joined by Bill, who stalked past Vince with little more than a nod. The Doors decided to stick with Bill. They agreed that Vince was an electronic genius (in an emergency situation one night he had disassembled, repaired, and rebuilt Robby's guitar amp in the dark onstage). They further agreed that it would be impossible to find anyone more loyal to the Doors than the somber organ builder from Massachusetts. But they felt he didn't have the right personality. He had a bad temper and was one of those true eccentrics whose manner kept many at arm's length. At the same time, they decided that Vince should be given a promotion and a raise, from equipment manager to road manager, from $400 to $500 a month, plus $100 a performance.
This small stress past, the Doors turned their attention once more to a major stress, completion of the album.
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Vince in NOHGOA
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