questions to ponder

Questions raised 10-30-05

• OK, so why did the elder Kellys agree to join the Caravan at such late ages? Quin was 31 and Quentin 37, both married, one with kids, both with established careers. Surely they weren't just waiting for their little brother to finish school. They're good enough musicians that they could have gotten work at it before then. So either they didn't want to, or Bill made them an offer they couldn't refuse.
  
  The Kellys' father died when Quill was barely a year old, leaving their mother Maura, Bill's sister, with three boys to raise. Does she owe Bill something for helping her out? It's not money, although the Kellys are certainly a lucrative draw for the Caravan; Maura had plenty of money of her own. Or is it the other way around, Bill owing Maura a favor, like making her sons famous in return for her bailing him out at a time he expanded business too fast and went into debt? (I don't think that's the case. It's not Maura's style. But I could be wrong.) What's the story? And whatever that deal may be, Quentin knows about it, but Quin and Quill don't.

  
  

• What about acts that have been cut from the Caravan? Who are they, why were they dropped, and how pissed are they at losing that sweet gig? Pissed enough to sabotage the current tour? Pissed enough to try to blackmail Bill or Jimmy or somebody else? Is that why Jimmy isn't so keen on the idea of having an embedded journalist on the bus?