I’m a big Frank Zappa fan. You all know that. The subject of Zappa comes up on a fairly regular basis around here. One thing I try to stress is this; Even if you aren’t a fan of FZ music, it is worthwhile to take a look at how he ran the business. We are [...]

I’ve never met Charlie Daniels. I do know people that know him and everybody, that I know, says he is a swell guy.
Several years ago, I heard that Charlie had reached a certain point in his life and decided he would no longer perform songs that had drug references, lyrics about drinking or, curse words. [...]

I wrote about this court case way back when it first came to attention, here.
The case involves copyright dispute over the Procol Harum song, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”. Matthew Fisher played the organ part on the record. He was not credited as a writer on the song. Fisher felt that his organ part was [...]