Still Got The Blues – court press release
Posted by Dave on Jan 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Judgment in the plagiarism process around „Still got the blues “
(press agent: Today Dr. VRiLG Frank Tholl)
the 21-st civil chamber of the district court of Munich I has made a decision on the plagiarism accusations in the matter of „Still got the blues “.
The plaintiff stated the guitar-solo in „Still got the blues “ (1990) had been taken from his work „Nordrach “ (1974). However, „Nordrach “was,...
White Album auctioned for £19000
Posted by Dave on Nov 25, 2008 | 2 Comments
A record collector in Linz, Austria has won a rare copy of The Beatles “White Album” on an Ebay auction. The copy of the record with the serial number 0000005 was sold for £19201
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Bridge to the Stars update 11/2008
Posted by Dave on Nov 09, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Remember “Bridge to the Stars” - our own charity that benefits the Sternenbrücke Childrens Hospice in Hamburg and more recently the “Make A Wish” Foundation?
I have made the current account of $74.34 a round 75 Euros and transfered the balance to the bank account of the Hospice today. Thus the current account now stands at 0.00 and we are ready to build up again!
Transfer report (PDF) (pop-up)
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Myspace to take on iTunes?
Posted by Dave on Apr 03, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Myspace.com is to launch a music service which is being seen as competition and an alternative to iTunes. Record Companies have been concerned about a lack of competition to the Apple service, and now three major record companies – Universal Music, Sony BMG Music and Warner Music – have signed deals with myspace for their new platform “myspace music”. This is seen as competition for iTunes, which...
Maggie Bell Returns
Posted by Dave on Mar 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
The first decade of the 21st century seems to have been under the sign of comebacks of various accomplished musicians. One of the biggest sensations was certainly the return of Maggie Bell, who had dissappeared for the best part of 30 years, just occasionally popping up to appear in various concerts in her home Scotland. For the rest of the world she seemed unreachable, hiding out in Rotterdam, Holland with her family....
Putting up a Music Website (and doing it legally)
Posted by Dave on Mar 21, 2008 | 2 Comments
You may have noticed a comment on this page by an institution named “The Web Sheriff”. This british-based institution apparently protects the interests of artists on the Internet. Now I would be the first to admit that there is a problem with “peer to peer” technology damaging the record business, and while I feel for the artists who are losing revenue (apart from the superstars, who have more...
Forgotten Hits Website
Posted by Dave on Mar 09, 2008 | Leave a Comment
After the “Forgotten Hits Newsletter” ran into trouble with certain ISPs that classified it as Spam, Kent has changed the face of Forgotten Hits by starting a blog and a dedicated website. Although he has changed his email provider and he is sending out a reduced newsletter via a gmail account, it looks as though the days of Forgotten Hits as an email is slowly but surely coming to a close.
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Hurricane Smith dead
Posted by Dave on Mar 07, 2008 | Leave a Comment
And again we take leave of a musician who made a mark on us when we were young. Norman Smith (known as Normal Norman to John Lennon) has passed away at the age of 85. Smith was initially succesful as the Beatles engineer working on every Beatles production between 1962 and 1965, before being succesful at the beginning of the 70s as Hurricane Smith. Unforgotten his hit “Oh Babe what would you say” that hit...
Jeff Healey dies of Cancer
Posted by Dave on Mar 03, 2008 | Leave a Comment
We are sad to announce yet another death this week…. Blind blues guitarist and bandleader Jeff Healey died of cancer yesterday at the age of 41 (2. March), it has been revealed on his website. He leaves his wife Christie, daughter Rachel (13) and son Derek (3)
Healey, famed for playing his electric guitar flat on his lap, died of retinoblastoma which claimed his sight when he was a one-year-old-child.
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Mike Smith (DC5) dies
Posted by Dave on Feb 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Mike Smith, singer of the British pop group “Dave Clarke Five” has passed away at the age of 64, just days before the band are to inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. According to the BBC website pneumonia was the cause of his death. The Dave Clarke Five had 19 UK Top 40 hits including “Bits and Pieces”
Read the whole article on the BBC website
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