When you talk about "deals" and "bands" in the same sentence, you're usually discussing record deals. But last September 11, Scratch Track was in L.A. for a different kind of deal -- the NBC game show Deal or No Deal.
DJ Lee, one half of the hip hop act, made it his mission to get on the show after catching an episode last summer in Michigan.
"I was like man, this show is just completely ridiculous," he says. "All they do is just give away money. There's no strategy or anything. I was thinking this could be a really good show for me to be on."
As luck would have it, Lee had a friend who had a friend with connections to the show. That guy determined that Lee fit the bill for a good game show contestant -- someone with a good heart, a good story, a great personality and a real need for the money.
Obviously, musicians always need money. Lee and his band mate Jason Hamlin tour pretty much full-time with Scratch Track, and they don't have day jobs. But Lee also saw the chance to make a deal with game show host Howie Mandel as an opportunity to score some skrill for his parents, who travel constantly as well to perform in churches.
"They've been kind of living hand to mouth for a long time, trusting God. I kind of wanted to help them plan for their future," Lee says.
For the taping, NBC flew Lee, members of his family and Hamlin to California. Until it airs tonight at 7 p.m. (Channel 41 KSHB), however, Lee is contractually bound not to talk about how he fared.
Folks can congratulate or console him this Friday when Scratch Track performs at the Riot Room.
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