That quadruple bypass didn't come out of the blue  

Surprised you hadn't heard all these before, Russ. Buddy used to hire kids out of college to go on tour with him, pay them a pittance, and abuse the hell out of them. Presumably because no-one with real skills would put up with him and his abuse and penny pinching spendthrift ways 

There's quite a few of these 'bus tapes' floating around...