 It was Albright who arranged a meeting with Neil Reshen, a business manager at the rock magazine "Creem" who handled the careers of jazz legend Miles Davis and rock iconoclast Frank Zappa.Reshen, who would also sign with Willie Nelson at Waylon's recommendation, was unimpressed by Nashville's tight inner circle and brought his no-nonsense approach to the negotiations with RCA bosses Jerry Bradley and Chet Atkins.In his memoir, Jennings wrote that the final meeting between the two parties in Chet Atkins' office hit a stalemate over $25,000 and nobody uttered a word for several minutes.