(Testimony of Robert Carl Patterson)
Mr. Patterson.
Future.
Mr. Griffin.
Where is that office located?
Mr. Patterson.
Arkansas.
Mr. Griffin.
Arkansas?
Mr. Patterson.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Do you have to go up to Arkansas to cut the record?
Mr. Patterson.
No, we cut here.
Mr. Griffin.
How many records have you cut for Future?
Mr. Patterson.
Two.
Mr. Griffin.
Now, did you talk with Jack about promoting a particular song?
Mr. Patterson.
Not a particular song.
Mr. Griffin.
But about promoting you?
Mr. Patterson.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
What did Jack say to you and what did you say to him?
Mr. Patterson.
He said he had connections with Reprise.
Mr. Griffin.
R-e-p-r-i-s-e?
Mr. Patterson.
Yes. It is pronounced Reprise, with which Frank Sinatra has something to do with, and never did say what Frank Sinatra had to do with it, but he said he knew some people in this line that he would have no trouble getting a record promoted and distributed nationally.
Mr. Griffin.
What was your response?
Mr. Patterson.
Well, I told him if he could get this done, fine, I would consider recording for him.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he make an effort to have that recording done?
Mr. Patterson.
No. He was trying to get me to play in the Vegas.
Mr. Griffin.
In the Vegas or the Carousel?
Mr. Patterson.
In the Vegas. And I never did think too much about the recording, you know.
Mr. Griffin.
At the time he talked to you about the recording, had you ever played at the Vegas?"
Mr. Patterson.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Well, what do you mean he was trying to get you to play there?
Mr. Patterson.
The band he had was leaving, quitting, had quit already, I would say, and they had been there a long time, for a number of years, and they quit. And he wanted my band to start playing there.
Mr. Griffin.
How did you feel about playing at the Vegas?
Mr. Patterson.
Well, I didn't really want to because the pay was too low and the hours were too long. But he propositioned me to cut the number of hours because I was going to college, and the other saxophone player was too going to college, and the other two guys worked.
Mr. Griffin.
So did you finally agree to play at the Vegas with your band?
Mr. Patterson.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
When was the last that you talked to him about playing at the Vegas?
Mr. Patterson.
About--I don't know the exact--it was one Sunday evening, I would say, approximately two weeks before the incident.
Mr. Griffin.
Before the assassination of the President?
Mr. Patterson.
Could have been a week and a half or a week anyway in there.
Mr. Griffin.
At that time Jack didn't have a band playing at the Vegas?
Mr. Patterson.
Yes; he did.
Mr. Griffin.
He did have a band?
Mr. Patterson.
Yes. He had hired one band and one band had quit.
Mr. Griffin.
He hired another one?
Mr. Patterson.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
But the plan was that he would have had your band replace the one that was already playing there?
Mr. Patterson.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you ever talk with Jack Ruby any place except at your house and the Vegas Club?
Mr. Patterson.
Well, he came out to hear us. We were playing at SMU college and he came out to hear the band.
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