Oh... and I have a sneaking suspicion that fantasy story Dean tells Dennis on the plane... just might be true...
Dean's fantasy story was about promoter T. B. Skarning and the tour with Dick & Dee Dee in November of '61. For those who haven't read Dean's book, Dean spun an elaborate and hilarious yarn (to Dennis) about robbing Skarning of all of his money while on that tourcash in a suitcaseso that he would not be able to pay the artists. Dean then admitted he was lying to Dennis. Skarning in fact paid J&D for the tour in December of '61. The check itself appears as an illustration in my book (p. 78).
Dee Dee Phelps also describes that tour in her book Vinyl Highway.