It’s my understanding, for many years at least Chuck had no band accompanying him. He travelled light. His guitar and that was about it. Local bands/musicians were expected to know his songs. And who doesn’t? He wanted cash up front because of tax problems. Or maybe that caused his tax problems, I dunno.
But it made for some less than stellar shows I’ve heard.
Sounds like a helluva life.
I suspect that going on a cash-pay basis helped to create his tax problems. It probably became obvious to the IRS that he was greatly under-reporting income....??