TALES FROM THE ROAD

By: Harlan (Hucky) Austin

My buddy Mike Oakvik and I were working for Prince during the “Under The Cherry Moon” nation-wide publicity tour and film premiere. When you are employed as a bodyguard, one of the requirements for the job is that you stay in top physical condition. This meant in every city on the circuit we would seek out a gym to get in a workout. So when we hit Denver, Colorado we did what we usually did–tried to find a gym near the hotel–it was our usual routine. But this workout would prove to be one we would never forget.

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Shellanswerman who’s that in the picture with Prince? Is it true that Prince’s tour bus got stuck in mud in Houston TX on the Purple Rain tour? A friend of mine says he was working security and watch you guys push the bus out while Prince drove. If that’s true, I would pay big money for that picture, he must be lying because there’s no mushy area around The Summit

NOSLEN633CSI said:

Only half of the story is true. Yes the tour bus did get stuck, but it was not at the Summit. It was an invitation only Benefit Show for handicapped children at Texas Southern University. And no P was not driving the bus “that would have been funny”. However all of the security staff with the exception of Chick did push the bus out of the muck. The individuals in the picture with P are Robyn and the late Earl Jones

I dunno Hucky...it might be interesting to see you in some daisy dukes! That was a funny story.

Btw, there's a thead in Music & More entitled "I touched him". I'd love to get your input on that thread.

That was a good one.

no comment on why you felt compelled to leave? why you couldnt finish your business and be done...


thats are more interesting story if you ask me.

sosgemini said:

He does say in the article....

"Even today, some 20 years later we still laugh about it. Not only the fact that we wound up in that gym, but our presumption that just because we were straight guys in what was clearly a gym popular with the gay community–that guys would be hitting on us. The fact that we were in our early 20s and greener than grass accounts for our hasty homophobic departure.

I still work out nearly every day, even when I’m out of town. It wouldn’t matter what gym I find myself in now. But for the record, you’ll never catch me in daisy dukes."

...So he admits be young, arrogant and naive (we have all been there), that is why they left. But he states he would not do that now. So what is the big deal?





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Sowhat said:

the big deal? i didnt catch that part of the article...is it part of the main write up?

totally missed that paragraph...thats what i get for fast-reading while at work and doing fifty things at the same time...

apologies.

sosgemini said:

Yes.

sosgemini said:

I know what you mean about trying to do 50 things at once at work, I am surprised I don't do things like this more often.

But it's all cool, I was just wondering why it seemed to bother you so much.

Sowhat said:

Thanks Sowhat

ShellAnswerMan said:

hey man, i apologized for the error...