By: Cheri Phillips aka LittleMissOzzy
NOVEMBER 2005 I DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER MY FIRST RANDY RHOADS TRIBUTE CARD SIGNED BY FANS ONLINE. THAT FIRST CARD WAS THE SIZE OF ANY AVERAGE GREETING CARD AND HAD APROX 40 NAMES ONLY LISTED BY FANS. I DECIDED I WANTED TO MAKE IT BIGGER FOR THE MARCH MEMORIAL SO I STARTED POSTING BULLETINS IN LATE JANUARY. IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT MY CARD I MET ROBERT BROWN THROUGH MYSPACE WHEN I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD POST MY REQUEST FOR FANS TO SIGN THE CARD. ROBERT WAS VERY HELPFUL AT RE-POSTING MY BULLETINS AND HE TOOK A STRONG INTREST IN WHAT I WAS DOING. THE NEXT THING I KNEW HE HAD POSTED A BULLETIN ABOUT STARTING A RANDY RHOADS TRIBUTE TOUR THAT WAS TO KICK OFF ON MAR 19TH AND HE HAD EXPRESSED TO ME THAT HE WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO BE PRESIDENT HOWEVER MY INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE " I THINK THIS GUY IS JUST ALL TALK AND IF NOT WHY WOULD HE WANT ME AS PRESIDENT I HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A FOUNDATION NOT TO MENTION I WAS SORTA PRE WARNED BY JOHN THAT ROBERT WAS A LITTLE OFF HIS ROCKER AND THAT HE WAS GONNA HAVE ME DO ALL THE WORK AND THEN TAKE ALL THE CREDIT." SO I TURNED ROBERT DOWN EXPLAINING TO HIM THAT I WAS JUST TO BUSY PREPARING MY TRIBUTE CARD. APROX ONE WEEK AFTER THE MAR 19,2006 MEMORIAL ROBERT ANNOUNCED THAT HE APPOINTED BAHAMA KIN AS THE PRESIDENT AND BAHAMA KIN BEGAN WORKING IMEADIATLY ON GETTING THE BALL ROLLING. IT WAS THEN THAT I BEGAN TO TAKE IT SERIUS AND SINCE I WAS NO LONGER WORKING ON MY TRIBUTE CARD I BEGAN REGRETING THAT I DIDNT GET INVOLVED SO I EXPRESSED THIS TO ROBERT AND I WAS NAMED VICE PRESIDENT. AT THAT TIME ROBERTS PROFILE WHICH BECAME THE RRTF PROFILE WAS NEVER ENDING WITH THE SAME INFO OR IMAGES REPEATING OVER AND OVER PLUS HE HAD ALOT OF TOTALLY UNRELATED TO RANDY STUFF ON THE PAGE AND BOTH BAHAMA KIN AND MYSELF TOLD HIM THAT IT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP AND REDUCED IN SIZE SO HE ASKED US TO DO IT BUT THEN STARTED FREAKING OUT WHEN HE THOUGHT HE LOST ALL HIS SIMPSONS AND PARANORMAL CRAP SO THAT WAS THE START OF THE PROBLEMS THAT ENDED UP WITH BAHAMA KIN RESIGNING JUST A COUPLE WEEKS INTO IT. I HAD ALSO SENT MY RESIGNATION BUT WAS PLEADED WITH BY ROBERT TO STICK IT OUT AND BECAUSE I FELT THAT THE CAUSE WAS WORTHY OF DEALING WITH A LITTLE GRIEF I DID AND TOOK OVER THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT.
OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS GOING TO BE TO SELECT STUDENTS OURSELVES THAT HAD THE FINANCIAL NEED AND TALENT. THE
SELECTED STUDENTS WOULD RECEIVE A GUITAR AND LESSONS HOWEVER WE BEGAN REALIZING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A WAY OF SELECTING THESE KIDS OTHER THEN HAVING THEM COMPETE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE ONES THAT WOULD WIN IN A SHREDDING COMPETITION WOULD BE THE KIDS THAT ALREADY OWN GUITARS AND HAVE PROBABLY HAD LESSONS.
STILL NOT HAVING A EXACT GAME PLAN WE DECIDED TO JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND OFF THE LETTERS ASKING FOR APPROVAL FROM DELORES RHOADS AND THE OSBOURNES. THE LETTERS WERE
TYPED UP BY BAHAMA KIN AND IT WAS HIS GESTURE TO TAKE WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE 10% PRESIDENTIAL FEES AND DONATE IT TO THE SHARON OSBOURNE COLON CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM SO APON HIS RESIGNATION I MADE JUST SOME SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE LETTERS BUT FOLLOWED BK'S PLAN TO GIVE UP THE PRESIDENTIAL FEES TO SHARON OSBOURNES CHARITY. THE LETTER WAS SENT OFF IN APRIL, 2006.
ACTUAL LETTER BELOW.
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4-14-06
Dear Delores Rhoads,
Robert Brown (Founder) and Cheri Phillips (President) of the
"Randy Rhoads Tribute Tour" (R.R.T.T.)
Would like to express our respects in contacting you in concern of The
Rhoads families views of our desire to do a Randy Rhoads tribute tour to
benefit select students to recieve new or used instruments and lessons at
no charge to them.The student's will be selected based on votes they
recieve for a written two part essay about- "How Randy Rhoads inspired
them and Why they would benefit from being selected".
The Tour will consist of mainly Ozzy/Randy tribute bands that are willing
to donate there time at venues that will either book the show at no or
reduced percentage of ticket sales.We are a non profit venture with the
remaining procceeds after student benefits going (90%) to the Randy Rhoads
Family.
Cheri Phillips Donating the remaining (10%) of all presidential procceeds
To:( The "Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program" )
To make a donation to the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program, please call
(310) 423-6566 Cedars-Sinai Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program.
We have already recieved letter's of interested parties to contribute to
this cause and are seeking your permission to continue. You will not in
any way be responsible or obligated to participate unless requested by you
to do so, in which case we would be honored to hear any suggestions you
may have.
If you have any questions you may contact
Cheri Phillips (President of The R.R.T.T.)
Thank you.
Cheri Phillips at (909)***-****
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Rialto, CA 92376
e-mail *********@AOL.COM
http://www.myspace.com/littlemissozzy
Robert Brown
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SA , TX. 78209
(210)***-****
http://www.myspace.com/randyrhoadsmusic RRTT
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THE SAME LETTER WAS SENT TO THE OSBOURNES.
AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS I DECIDED TO CALL DELORES TO SEE IF SHE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE LETTER AND TO SEE WHAT HER THOUGHTS WERE ABOUT IT. SHE EXPRESSED HER CONCERNS OF OUR EXACT GAME PLAN NOT BEING EXPLAINED IN THE LETTER WHICH I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT WE WERE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING OUT ALL THE DETAILS BUT WE WANTED TO FIRST GET THE GO AHEAD FROM HER. THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE RANDY RHOADS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THAT SHE STARTED AT CSUN IN 1993 WHICH PROVIDES FINANCIAL AID TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS THAT WISH TO PURSUE THEIR MASTERS DEGREE IN CLASICAL GUITAR. DELORES THEN TOLD ME THAT WHEN WE HAD MORE INFO ON EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO SEND HER THE INFO.
MEAN WHILE ROBERT WAS GOING TO GO TO THE COURT HOUSE TO GET THE NAME (RANDY RHOADS TRIBUTE FOUNDATION) LICENSED IN ORDER TO GET A TAX ID NUMBER THAT SPONSORS WOULD NEED. THIS TASK KEPT GETTING PUT OFF BY ROBERT FIRST IT WAS PUT OFF BECAUSE THE STARS WEREN'T LINED UP OR SOME SHIT (YES I KNOW THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RED FLAG LOL)
THEN ON THE DAY THAT HE ACTUALLY DID GO TO THE COURT HOUSE HE CLAIMS HE WAS ARRESTTED FOR SOME WARRANT FROM A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT HE GOT INTO BACK IN THE 80'S OR SOME SHIT AND WAS BAILED OUT THE SAME DAY BUT NOW HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TILL HE GOT PAID AGAIN BEFORE HE COULD AFFORD THE LICENSE.
MEAN WHILE HE IS POSTING ALL THESE BULLETINS ASKING FOR SPONSORS, BANDS, USED INSTRUMENTS ECT. AND THEY ARE CONTACTING ME STATING THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED BUT WANTING MORE INFO AND WANTING THE TAX ID NUMBER AND I STILL HAVENT GOT ANY KINDA SOLID PLAN FROM ROBERT SO WHEN I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM JACKIE DAVIS SAYING THAT SHE WAS THE MANAGER OF THE TRIBUTE BAND MASTERS OF REALITY AND SHE ALSO HAD FULL CHARGE OF BOOKING BANDS AT THE VENUE SURF CITY SALOON IN HUNTINGTON BEACH AND SHE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING SHE COULD DO TO HELP
I DECIDED TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ALL NEEDED TO BE DONE AND THAT ALTHOUGH ROBERT HAD ASSURED ME HE WAS GOING TO TEACH ME ALL THAT THE ONLY THING HE EVER TALKED ABOUT WAS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS AND SHIT THAT MEANT NOTHING TO ME.
JACKIE WAS VERY HELPFUL AND AFTER OUR FIRST 2 HOUR LONG PHONE CONVERSATION WE ALREADY HAD AN APROX DATE SET AT SURF CITY SALOON WHICH SHE OFFERED AT NO FEE. SHE ALSO OFFERED FOR MASTERS OF REALITY TO PERFORM. THE NEXT PLANNED DATE FOR ROBERT TO GO TO THE COURT HOUSE CAME AND THIS TIME HIS HOUSE WAS BROKE INTO AND HE HAD HIS COMPUTERS AND HIS GUITAR WHICH HE CALLED AL WAS STOLEN SO NEEDLESS TO SAY HE NEVER GOT THE LICENSE WHICH IS WHEN I DECIDED TO CHANGE OUR GAME PLAN TO USING THE RANDY RHOADS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WHICH WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED THEREFORE NO NEED FOR LICENSE AND ANY DONATIONS COULD BE MADE OUT DIRECTLY TO THE RANDY RHOADS CHARITABLE TRUST SO THERE WAS NO NEED TO OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT. I THEN WROTE UP A NEW PROPOSAL LETTER AND SENT IT TO DELORES AND TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES. MEANWHILE ROBERT STARTS POSTING BULLETINS THAT HIS HOUSE WAS BROKE INTO AND ASKING IF ANYONE HAS A SPARE PC AND GUITAR THEY WISH TO DONATE HIM. I CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT HE COULDNT BE DOING THAT. BY THIS TIME HE WAS POSTING ATLEAST 10 BULLETINS A DAY AND MAYBE ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH RANDY AND THEY WOULD BE FOREVER LONG (KINDA LIKE THIS STORY LOL) AND HARD TO MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF AND AT ONE POINT A MEMBER REPLIED TO ONE OF HIS BULLETINS TELLING HIM TO STOP POSTING ALL THIS CRAP AND HE GOT VERY RUDE WITH THE GUY. I WAS BEGINING TO FEEL LIKE A BABYSITTER AND THREATENED TO RESIGN ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS AND EACH TIME ROBERT WOULD PROMISE TO STOP AND HE WOULD FOR AWHILE AND THEN START AGAIN.
BY THIS TIME JACKIE DAVIS HAD MOVED UP FROM EVENT CORDINATOR TO VICE PRESIDENT AND SHE ORGANIZED AND BOOKED THE BANDS FOR THE AUG 4TH AND AUG 5TH SHOWS WHILE I BOOKED THE BANDS FOR THE SEPT 30TH SHOW THAT WAS TO TAKE PLACE AT GOODFELLAS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. I ALSO MADE ALL THE GRAPHICS(ASIDE FROM THE GOLD LOGO+T-SHIRT LOGO) I MADE ALL THE BANNER ADS, RE DID THE RRTF PROFILE TO MAKE IT MORE INFORMATIVE AND LESS OVER WHELMING NOT TO MENTION THE HUNDREDS OF BULLETINS AND LETTERS I SENT OUT SPREADING THE WORD OF THE RRTF.
MEANWHILE PETE SANDERS OF TURBO TRIM HAD JUMPED ON BOARD OFFERRING TO DONATE A TURBO TRIM TO EACH GUITAR WITH THE ((( WHAMMY BAR))) SYSTEM. PETE WAS VERY COMMITTED AND BELIEVED IN THE CAUSE AND WAS VERY HELPFUL AT HELPING US ESTABLISH VENGEANCE GUITARS, KGB GUITARS AND BOUTIQUE MUSIC AS FUTURE SPONSORS. BEN COLE OF GHS STRINGS WAS NICE ENOUGH TO SEND JACKIE AN ASSORTMENT OF SOME MISC ITEMS LIKE A FEW T-SHIRTS AND HATS AND SOME STRINGS TO BE USED AS RAFFLE ITEMS AS WELL AS COFFIN CASE DONATED A CASE AND MOUSHPIT.COM DONATED A COUPLE T-SHIRTS. THOSE ITEMS WERE GIVIN AWAY AS DOOR AND RAFFLE PRIZES AT THE AUG 4TH AND 5TH SHOWS.
PLEASE NOTE WHILE VENGEANCE GUITARS, KGB GUITARS AND BOUTIQUE MUSIC HAD VERY GENNEROUS PLANS OF DONATING VALUABLE GUITARS AND AMPS TO BE AUCTIONED OFF WITH THE PROCEEDS GOING TO THE RANDY RHOADS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THESE ITEMS WERE NEVER RECEIVED DUE TO THE FACT THAT DELORES RHOADS PULLED THE PLUG ON THE TRIBUTE FOUNDATION BEFORE THEIR COMPLETION, WHICH WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER IN THE STORY.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE GUITAR ACTUALLY DONATED TO THE FOUNDATION WHICH IS THE GUITAR SEEN IN MY PICTURE SECTION AND IT WAS DONATED BY HANNY OF BLACK MAJESTY AND SHIPPED TO ME FROM AUSTRAILA AND WAS PLANNED TO BE AUCTIONED OFF AFTER BEING DISPLAYED AT OUR FIRST THREE SHOWS. ON AUG 4TH I TOOK THE GUITAR TO THE HUNTINGTON BEACH SHOW WHERE IT WOULD BE DISPLAYED AUG 4TH AND 5TH AND THEN HAVE SETUP WORK DONE ON IT BY MIKE OF LOCK AND LOAD GUITAR SERVICES AT NO CHARGE.
BOTH SHOWS AT SURF CITY WHICH WAS A VERY SMALL VENUE BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF $1200 AFTER PAYING THE SOUND GUY. AFTER THE SHOW ON AUG 5TH WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE JACKIE SUGGESTED THAT I LEFT HER MONEY FOR ORDERING T-SHIRTS AND TO COVER EXPENCES OF PRINTING FLYERS FOR THE AUG 4TH AND 5TH SHOWS AND TO BE HONEST I REALLY DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO HOLD THE EXTRA CASH FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE TEMPTED TO SPEND ANY OF IT. SO I COLLECTED $700 LEAVING HER WITH $500 BUDGET TO ORDER T-SHIRTS AND TO PAY $60 TO THE SHARON OSBOURNE COLON CANCER RESEARCH.
OUT OF THE $700 THAT I COLLECTED I SENT DELORES A MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $600 ON AUG 8TH LEAVING MYSELF WITH A $100 BUDGET, $30 OF THAT WAS USED FOR THE SEPT 30TH SHOW FLYERS WHICH BY THE WAY I HAVE A BUNCH OF THOSE LEFT IF ANYONE WANTS A SUVENOUR. THE REMAINING $70 WAS NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO COVER MY TRAVELING EXPENCES CONSIDERING THE PRICE OF GAS IT COST ME $30 ROUND TRIP ON AUG 4TH TO SURF CITY AND $20 ON AUG 5TH PLUS I MADE TWO MORE ROUND TRIPS TO COLLECT THE DEPOSIT ON THE GUITAR. ONE OF WHICH WAS A WAISTED TRIP BECAUSE I JUST SHOWED UP AND JACKIE WASN'T EXPECTING ME THEREFORE DIDN'T HAVE THE DEPOSIT WITH HER SO THAT WAS NO ONES FAULT BUT MY OWN.
HERE IS A COPY OF MY MONEY ORDER RECEIPT FOR $600 THAT WAS PAID TO DELORES.
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