This character plays with Jimmy Mattingly, Guy Patterson, and Lenny Haise when they record a song that eventually earns them a contract with Play-Tone records. He disappears before their big TV appearance and is later awarded a Purple Heart for injuries sustained at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. (edited at 5:24 am, April 28, 2016 (PDT))
Original question: This character plays with Jimmy Mattingly, Guy Patterson, and Lenny Haise when they record a song that eventually earn them a contract with Play-Tone records. He disappears before their big TV appearance and is later awarded a Purple Heart for injuries sustained at Khe Sanh, Vietnam.
T.B. Player (the bass player) (of That Thing You Do!)