bloooooze and thievery

[John McIntyre]

Keith Henderson wrote:

> George Thorogood is the most obvious culprit.  Maybe Carl's right and
> you can't write any original blues songs, but I don't think George has ever
> tried.  I'm sure he credits all the people who wrote those songs, and money
> must certainly go back to the original songwriters (or their heirs), but why
> does he even exist in the first place?  He's added nothing to the rock/blues
> music library IMHO.

Hey!  George Thorogood put Bo Diddley in one of his early videos.  Now
that's
payback and acknowledgement.

I also liked what Quicksilver Messenger Service did with their sidelong
version
of "Who Do You Love": compositional credit for the solos was given to
the
soloist for the songwriting royalties, but the head and the coda were
credited
as two separate tracks so Bo got paid twice.  (Well, three times, since
they
also did "Mona" on the second side.

John McIntyre
Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept
Michigan State University
mcintyre at pa.msu.edu