Who makes a million dollars and gives it
all away? Oh, we did
[Music]
and I get a call one day. Hey, my name's
Ace from the Ace and TJ show. I'm hiring
you to get me through this gig.
>> Created this thing. We're going to give
all the money to charity.
>> And it was going to be the only gig. It
was Shane, Eric, Clifton, myself, and
Ace. He goes, "Do you think you could
learn 30 songs in like three weeks?"
>> Cuz I've never been in a band before. I
don't really know what I'm looking for.
>> They hired the wrong guy if they only
wanted to play one show. Uh, as people
found out about it, you know, two became
three became five. It just kind of began
to grow.
>> And it was all born out of why can't we?
Didn't know it was coming but was not
surprised. Entire 17 years is how do we
make the show bigger, better, faster,
better? A lot is good. More is better.
more than that, we might be getting
somewhere. And if it's completely insane
and over the top,
>> fire shot up in the air and you can see
people in the crowd go like, "Oh my
god." Now we're a charity case. We
became a money-making machine. I think
it was 2005. We did 35 shows that year.
We're not doing a charity concert. Every
concert is for charity. This is not
normal. And those crowds were insane.
This is an infield at a NASCAR race on a
Saturday night. We had to be escorted
out by the police. We had incited a
riot. They went crazy.
My kidney was failing and I was so sick.
>> Uh-oh. They couldn't fix me. It was
scary.
>> You go through great things and hard
things with people, right?
>> You don't come back from that.
>> It's a lifetime thing.
>> If you study bands at all, you know that
their life cycle is pretty short and
there's egos and there's fighting over
money and things like that. And we never
had those problems because we never made
any money and nobody was getting any
more than anybody else cuz nobody was
getting anything. They are some of the
most genuine people that you'd ever
meet.
>> I ended up meeting my husband as a
result of the show. Lifelong friends.
>> Five guys absolutely nothing in common.
>> This is the world's most original cover
band. You're going to come see the show.
Everybody has a good time. And when it's
all said and done, you'll be tired and
sweaty and can't wait for the next time.
If I can go back in time, I'd probably
book him every weekend.
>> Music was just what we did, but the
brotherhood was what we were.
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