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Jay McCarey, a blonde – haired man for his late forties, was with his manager, Paul Francis. Paul wanted to schedule tour dates for Jay since Jay had recently made a hit album. This actually was his very first album, and it was played on the radio and several people had requested several of his new songs. Jay’s very first rock ‘n’ roll song, ‘Detroit, Michigan,’ had made it in the Top Ten. It did start out as an single by itself on an album that was a song by itself. It made a gold album. Paul was talking about the tour.
‘Detroit, Michigan’ had stayed at number two on America’s Top Ten in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom for forty weeks. The gang were proud of Jay’s first hit made it as number two. Jay did plan on inviting his friends along on the tour, and it was all right with Paul.
Jay’s first tour was Honolulu, Hawaii. Paul had scheduled him to do three shows in Hawaii. The Hawaii dates were June 18, 21, and 23 from 7:15 – 9:30 at night. It was true Jay had never been to Hawaii, and had agreed with Paul on the Hawaiian tour. He hoped on his days off in Hawaii, he could go and explore. He’d plan on swimming on his days off. Paul had hired some bodyguards for the tour. At least Paul was nice enough to let Jay have some privacy and that was what Jay had respected from Paul.
When he first moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when he was eighteen and auditioned a song and he was hired from the beginning. Jay might be a shy and quiet person, but he was never shy enough to go onstage and sing. Jay did know once he signed autographs during intermission in Hawaii there would be several familiar faces from his fans who had seen him in Vegas. Of course there would be new fans.
That was part of being famous – meeting the fans and signing autographs. Paul had been Jay’s manager for almost thirty years and Jay ahd liked Paul from the start and had been friends ever since. This tour was scheduled as a package show. Jay had been told the package deal was him and Gunnar Newton. Jay had known Gunnar for a few years or so now and they had no problem with a friendship.
Jay’s friend, Carla Sanchez, who was Gunnar’s wife – to – be, was also invited to come along. Bill, their friend, was also coming, but Hawaii was to be his last tour date since his latest Lynda Conway mystery came to the bookstore. Bill had said a long time ago that he couldn’t see himself cowriting with another writer. He liked to write alone. Bill also mentioned that working on his own made him think easier.
Unlike Jay, Bill had been to Hawaii many times for book signings. June 21 was Bill’s last book signing until he published another book. His books had done so well since his first novel, The Missing Models was published, and a lot of them were now in Ebooks. Bill also knew lots of familiar fans who had been with him since The Missing Models came out, and there was of course lots of newbies.
Bill had been told he would also be signing his books at the same time Jay would be on his intermission, so people could get a signed poster from Jay and a signed book from Bill. Jay’s sister, Karen, who was a deputy sheriff, was scheduled as one of Jay’s bodyguards for this tour. Karen didn’t mind being her brother’s bodyguard. A lot of bodyguards Paul had hired didn’t know Jay, so this was why Paul was asking her to come along and she was able to take time off from work. Frank said he’d be happy to take over while she was away on the tour.