Logistics The band had only one mike, which they plugged into an amplifier. And, they did not have a real four-string bass guitar, so they played bass rhythm chords on a six-string rhythm guitar. Nor did the band have monitors. Instead, they put their amplifiers on chairs behind the players. I don’t know how much the Talkabouts got paid, but Rick and the Raiders got $35 for a five-piece band. Jerry Doucette played the best guitar (borrowed from Cec) – a solid body, speckled blue, single cutaway, with twin pickups. During the early ‘60s the Talkabouts, and the Serenaders, kept the teenagers a rockin’ and a boppin’ at dance halls and house parties. Music included Elvis, the Everly Brothers, the Big Bopper, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and others.