Re: (TV) prestige signings

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@mac.com>]

At 11:20 AM +0100 7/26/00, Raymond wrote:
> I'm sure Lou and Patti are thought of as "prestige" signings by their
> respective record labels.This way they can continue to  kid themselves that
> they are SO hip and cutting edge- i'm sure at the end of the day they care
> little about how many units these artists are gonna shift-it's purely a
> cosmetic/vanity exercise....

Good point, Ray.  Didn't Tom once say something to the effect that 
the labels he'd been on considered him something of a token artist? 
I think this was in the 1987 _Musician_ interview....

Surprised that the brain is working this morning.

Now playing: Quicksilver Messenger Service, _Lost Gold and Silver_. 
Whoa.  The star here is definitely John Cippolina's playing.  Anyone 
know if Tom ever name-checked him?  There's a definite tonal/touch 
resemblance, particularly in the sustaining and vibrato (though I'd 
say Cippolina's vibrato is more consistently, uh, "rubbery," not that 
that's a bad thing.)

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Maurice Rickard
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