\u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles,\u201d<\/a> an eight-episode series based on the 2024 novel by Rufi Thorpe, will include a song by the El Paso band Q.I.D., which played more than 1,100 shows in the city between 1985 and 1992.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s called \u2018Crazy Nights,\u2019 and it\u2019s gonna play in the background for about a minute and a half, which is wonderful,\u201d said Kat Tyler, the vocalist on the song and now a nurse in El Paso.<\/p>\n
\u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles\u201d is a comedic drama that stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Elle Fanning and Nick Offerman, among others. The first three episodes drop April 15, with the remaining five dropping weekly on Wednesdays. The executive producer is David E. Kelley, who developed and produced TV shows such as \u201cDoogie Howser, M.D.,\u201d \u201cAlly McBeal\u201d and \u201cBig Little Lies.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Michelle Pfeiffer, seated, and Elle Fanning star in \u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles,\u201d a new series debuting April 15 on Apple TV. (Photo courtesy of Apple TV)<\/p>\n
The Q.I.D. song became part of the show thanks to the efforts of the band\u2019s former bass player, James Thompson. He now lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, and plays with a band called The Gumbys. Their producer, Grady Crumpler, helped Thompson get the decades-old Q.I.D. rock sound in front of a new audience after old tapes were digitally remastered.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s kind of in a network of producers and music supervisors that try to shop songs for TV commercials or movies, TV shows, whatever it is. And he said, \u2018Hey, I could remix all that stuff and then put that as part of my catalog that I can shop to people,\u201d Thompson said.<\/p>\n
The music supervisor on \u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles\u201d was looking for a song with an \u201980s rock radio sound and cleared \u201cCrazy Nights\u201d and another Q.I.D. song called \u201cYoung Again\u201d for possible use, and settled on \u201cCrazy Nights.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can tell by the way it\u2019s the way it sounds and the way it\u2019s recorded that it\u2019s an \u201980s rock song, so I think that\u2019s why I was chosen. And Kat\u2019s vocals. I think Kat is what really sells these songs,\u201d Thompson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCrazy Nights\u201d features Tyler on vocals, Thompson on bass, Mark Self on drums and Charlie Gorman on guitar. All four band members share in the writing credit for the 1989 song.<\/p>\n
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Thompson was told the song will play for about a minute and a half in the background of a bar scene in the show\u2019s second episode.<\/p>\n
The band has released six of its remastered songs on Apple Music, Pandora and other platforms, with plans to release 10 more in the coming months. Thompson also created a Q.I.D. Facebook page<\/a> to connect with people who remember the band.<\/p>\n\u201cWe don\u2019t really have any intention of trying to start the band up again or anything like that, but it would be nice to get the music out to people and just see if it has another life in the digital world,\u201d Thompson said.<\/p>\n
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