BD the sofa spud?

[Ted Jackson jr. EL 84]

Deb sez:

> The reality was that the visionary manager/booking agent Steve Shenck could
> make more money right off the top with BOC (which of course contained the
> same hired hands, not to mention much of the same material, as the Red&the
> Black). But while some artists are driven, some are simply lazy. This is
> nothing new.

Right, and spare himself the headache of having to put an enlarged
show on the road.  Pretty decent profit to him for doing almost
nothing--the band runs itself, esp. w/the same old same old list.  A
revamped BOC, while an ambitious effort would be speculative and
risky.  Better biz for SS to sit back with the status quo...


>      By the way, the immediate lack of success was hardly an impediment to
> the original BOC. There is no such thing as "overnight" success in real life,
> even in show biz, only in fairytales.  But the people who were driven, by
> either creative ambition or professional pride (including Sandy Pearlman, who

Say what ya want about SP, the band was better off with him than
without,  at least as far as creativity goes.  Personally, well...


> originally saw in Donald the potential for fulfilling his own desires to be a
> "starmaker") are no longer involved.
>      The real problem is that the most talented of 30C is probably a little
> too comfortable to make any real change or decision. It's easier to make
> excuses.

Too bad indeed, 'cause he is a truly talented musician, whatever
one's opinion of the way he's treated people over the years..
theo