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Consultant Engineering and Science at Under Contract to Various Organisations (2013–present)Nov 16
“The Rolling Stones” is Jagger/Richards. ( now that Charlie Watts is gone) I am not sure if Ronnie Wood is a group member or an “ employee “
Ever since the 1970s the Stones have had a keyboard player ( pretty much permanently) one or two backup singers, and ever since Wyman left, a “ permanent “ bass player. They now have a “ permanent “ drummer to replace Charlie.
All of those are “ employees “ .They are extremely well paid employees.
The original band members ( including Charlie Watts’ estate) receive the royalties from their songs and recordings.
Employees receive their salary. If they became actual group members, they would only receive the royalties from recordings they were credited on and on concerts they played in. They are much better off as employees.
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Photo Finish #2 Buddy Holly on the Ed Sullivan Show
The legendary Buddy Holly and TV host Ed Sullivan – obviously not the best of friends – here’s the story!
On January 26, 1958, Buddy Holly and the Crickets made their second and final appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show—this time earning the well-known wrath of the host.
They were scheduled to perform their hit “Oh, Boy!,” but Sullivan told them to substitute it because he felt it was too raucous. You can imagine how that went over, though, and Holly told him he’d already told his hometown friends that was the song he was going to be performing. And that was that.
Sullivan summoned the Crickets to a last-minute rehearsal the afternoon of the show, but when he got to their dressing room only Holly was there. When asked where the others were, Holly said, “I don’t know. No telling.” Sullivan said, “Well, I guess The Crickets are not too excited to be on The Ed Sullivan Show,” to which Holly replied, “I hope they’re damn more excited than I am.” By that time Ed was completely steamed.
He cut the Crickets’ act from two songs to one, and he mispronounced Holly’s name when he introduced them as “Buddy Hollet and his Crickets.” In addition, the line feed for Holly’s electric guitar was turned off, and he tried to compensate by singing as loudly as he could and repeatedly trying to turn up the volume on his guitar. He finally let loose with a dramatic solo during the instrumental break so the audience would know the technical fault wasn’t his.
In the end Buddy Holly and the Crickets were so well received that Sullivan invited them back for a third time, but Holly’s response was that Sullivan didn’t have enough money for that.
Ah, showbiz. Credit Sunset Blvd Records
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