This article is from the Dr. Pepper FAQ, by Christopher Flaherty with numerous contributions by others.
Thanks to the incredibly hard-working people at The Smoking Gun
(thesmokinggun.com), I can now tell you that the following performers
have specifically requested Dr Pepper by name in the riders of their
contracts, making the beverage a genuine requirement for these acts to
show up at a venue near you:
Aerosmith
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/aerosmith/aerosmith6.html)
The Beach Boys
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/beachboys/beachboys2.html)
Clint Black
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/clintblack/clintblack1.html)
The Bloodhound Gang
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/bloodhound/bloodhound2.html)
Don't you dare take it out of the case!
Bush (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/bush/bush2.html)
Beck (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/beck/beck1.html)
Cher (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/cher/cher3.html)
Joe Cocker, or at least his female vocalists
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/joecocker/joecocker2.html)
Foo Fighters
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/foo/foo5.html)
Kenny G's crew
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/kennyg/kennyg3.html)
Diet only--it figures.
Goo Goo Dolls
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/googoo/googoo1.html)
Sammy Hagar
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/sammyhagar/sammyhagar5.html)
Exit stage left!
Hootie and the Blowfish
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/hootie/hootie1.html)
Vince Gill
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/vincegill/vincegill2.html)
Journey
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/journey/journey3.html)
The Neville Brothers
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/nevillebros/nevillebros1.html)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/chili/chili3.html)
Peter Tork, of The Monkees
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/monkees/monkees2.html)
ZZ Top (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/zztop/zztop4.html)
Regular and diet! Well, they are from Texas...
In addition, the late Johnny Cash was also a Pepper.
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/johnnycash/johnnycash3.html)
Maybe that's why he hardly ever sang beer drinking songs.
 
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