Glasnost and the Invitation to Play Russia
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The government actually asked a number of people
If they wanted to play in the Soviet Union
This is an era where things started to warm up a little bit
It's called glasnost and prerestroika
Um, they asked Stevie wonder
Uh, I think they asked Bruce Springsteen
And they asked us if we would come and play in the Soviet Union
Now there was no money there
Um, they paid you in rubles, which wouldn't buy anything
And there was nothing to buy when you were there
It was kind of a catch-22
"Oh I'll pay you for rubles"
"Well what do we get for our rubles?"
"Well, not really, we don't have that much"
Um, but, we donate all of the money to a
Um, to an earthquake relief fund
It was an earthquake in Romania, we donated the money