>>> / dave / <arouet at winternet.com> 02/22/00 02:20PM >>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/A14951-2000Feb21.html
― All told, Bolton v. Isley may stand as one of the more ironic tales in music industry annals. In essence, Bolton, a 46-year-old white singer who has built his career on works by black artists (he has recorded hit covers of songs by Percy Sledge, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and Otis Redding, for example), could soon own the right to profit from the life's work of a black artist who successfully sued him for stealing his music
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CB: Isn't this the story of rocknroll in a nutshell, whatayacall it ? , a microcosm, an emblematic episode. This "irony" is central to the whole history.
CB
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/ dave /
> In the same general vein, another reason
> to hate Michael Bolton . . .
>
> He was sued successfully by Ron Isley for
> cribbing some Isley Bros. lyrics for one
> of his bits of treacle. Unfortunately old
> Ron has not been handling his financial
> affairs too well and is in Chapter 7.
> Bolton is in position to buy the entire
> IB song rights, including his debt to
> Ron I.
>
> Where's the BLA when we need them?
>
> mbs?