![]() It's just great to write a set list and have a lot of hits. "I mean, the guy upstairs has been very good to me. Meanwhile, Money - who will headline April 8 at the Ridgefield Eddie Money wants to be sure fans get money's worth Playhouse - enjoys talking to his fans after each concert."I' ve had 28 songs in the Top 100," Money said in a March 12 interview from a hotel in Jackpot, Nev. He's been dedicating the 1978 song "Can't Keep A Good Man Down" to the U.S. Even Money's set list takes others into account. And he plays benefit shows with musicians who include Brad Gillis, Dave Mason and the Tubes to raise money for children with rare aging diseases. He does this by donating proceeds from T-shirt sales to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. "It doesn't make any difference to me."įor more Where Are They Now? stories, visit PEOPLE.With more than enough hit songs to keep fans coming out to his concerts for years to come, rock singer Eddie Money tries his best to use his popularity to improve the lives of those around him. "You could give me a 1,000-seat club or put me on a stage in the middle of the afternoon with 30,000 people out there," he says. Today, the L.A.-based rocker still loves to perform. But the radio play waned in the early 1990s and his last studio album was 1995's "Love & Money." The 1980s brought a slew of hits for Money ("Think I'm in Love," from "No Control" and "Take Me Home Tonight," from 1986's "Can't Hold Back") and he became an MTV favorite. "Next thing you know I was back on the charts, I was back on the road, and I started drinking again," he says. ![]() He chronicled the ordeal on his platinum 1982 album, "No Control," but sadly admits he didn't change his ways. "Doctors told me I was never gonna walk again." "I killed the sciatic nerve on my left leg, knocked my kidneys out," recalls the singer, who still walks with a limp. He nodded off for 14 hours while lying on his leg. By 1977, he had released his self-titled first album, which ultimately went platinum thanks to hits such as "Two Tickets to Paradise."īut in 1980, Money's high life almost got derailed when he overdosed on alcohol and what turned out to be a synthetic barbiturate. He became a popular local frontman and in 1975 was signed on by famed manager-promoter Bill Graham. But after a stint as a desk clerk, in 1968 he moved to California to pursue his music career. The son of a policeman, Money continued the family tradition by attending the New York Police Academy. "The best way to get to go out with cheerleaders without being on the football team is to be in a rock 'n' roll band," he laughs. Lane High School for forging his report card, the family moved to Plainedge, Long Island, where the budding rocker joined a local band, Grapes of Wrath. At 16, after he was thrown out of Franklin K. Money (real name: Edward Mahoney) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. "I came to the realization that I didn't really need for my quick wit." "I made a promise to my wife and kids that I was gonna change," he says of former model wife Laurie, 38, and his five children - Zachary, 17, Jessica, 14, Joseph, 12, Desmond, 1, and Julian, 7. He's also in the process of re-recording a new DVD of his live show, which he hopes to release later this year.Īll this work comes as Money is enjoying a new look at life, having joined a 12-step program two years ago to deal with his on-again, off-again drinking. It's just one of the many projects in the works for Money, 52, who still plays an average of 175 shows a year to fans he calls "friends." "I've got a lot of irons in the fire," he says in his thick Brooklyn accent. The self-avowed "sports junkie" wrote a song, "Looking Through the Eyes of a Child," which he hopes will one day replace the ballpark favorite "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." ![]() (PEOPLE) - Eddie Money may be best known for hard-driving '80s hits such as "Take Me Home Tonight," but if the rocker has his way, in the future he'll also be associated with baseball.
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