after the albums' success, the holiday hotel in reno, nevada asked them to become play there regularly. tops records asked the trio to record four more albums. tipton said no both offers. instead, he moved to spokane, washington worked as an agent. the trio played every week at allen's tin pan alley as the house band. he played mainly swing standards and less jazz, even though he preferred jazz. his performances also included skits like vaudeville performers did. he imitated celebrities like liberace and elvis presley. in some of these comedy skits, he played a little girl. he helped young musicians at the dave sobol theatrical agency.