Fascinating A&M story

I'm reading Don Nix's book "Road Stories and Recipes", which deals a lot with the birth of Stax Records, but offers one (so far) story into the relationship between Herb Alpert and his artists at A&M.

To make it brief, Joe Cocker is just off the road from his Mad Dogs and Englishman tour, and living in a house with Don Nix and Denny Cordell, as Leon Russell's fledgling Shelter Records is getting off the ground. While not inspired by anything else during this dark period for Joe, he decides to try to make bail for an acquaintance who's been thrown in jail. He was trying to get a Mexican woman at the bail office to accept his cheque by telling her he was Joe Cocker and he had gold records and everything. She asks who his boss is, and he finally comes up with "Herb Alpert" (because Joe was signed with A&M). Here's a paragraph from the story:

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A look of recognition crossed the lady's face and she squealed, "...and the Teeee-a-juana Brass!" "The very same", Joe acknowledged. She was almost ready to take Joe's check, but not quite. She asked Joe if he had Herb's home phone number, which, to my surprise, Joe spouted off the top of his head. The cheerful lady dialed the number and, after several rings, Herb himself answered. By this time it was well past midnight and I'm sure he was asleep, but he assured the lady that Joe Cocker's check would be good for any amount he wished to write it for. That did it, and after writing a check and signing some papers, we were off back to the valley to free the young prisoner, who was glad to be out of jail.

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This book is a dream come true for me, as producer Don Nix is a link in a complex matrix linking numerous fascinating musical scenes, from Memphis to Muscle Shows to Hollywood.

Cool story!