Merle Haggard - Drink Up and Be Somebody (James Burton sessionography-lather) liked by Dante Fontana with an essay for real men who don't steal (DangerousMinds MarcCampbell)
i know.
i was making a James Burton #Dobro YouTube Playlist for my musician friend who just bought a Dobro, and found myself deep into the internet on some Telecaster forum; and as you know, there is always one guy on these forums who is both obnoxious and brilliant in a completist way, and he was replying to this other guitar freak guy about who was the best guitar player in Merle Haggard's Golden period, say 68 to 72, and while showing off with his knowledge between Roy Nichols and J.B., he worked himself up into a complete sessionography-lather, which then helped me find all the J.B. electric guitar and dobro guitar sessions of classic Hag songs done during this period.
this being one.
i've heard this title before from some awful contemporary country artist like Garth Brooks or maybe someone less famous, so i was surprised to see that the hag had been possibly the first one to pen it.
well, i know that most people just click on an emoji about something, but I'm not most people.
p.s.
did you see all the posts, after you gave me your blog that Marc Campbell from The Nails (PLEAE, IF YOU HAVE ANY LOATHING FOR POMPOUS MUSICIANS, CLICK THAT LINK TO READ MARC CAMPBELL'S INTERVIEW ABOUT HIS DIVORCE AND PLAGIARIZED SONG,"88 Lines About 44 Women"),
hired by Richard Metzger to Dangerous Minds in 2010 plagiarized from me under the URL of your wonderful and beloved-by-all blog, Mr. Dante Fontana's Audio-Visual Guidance 3.0, well, maybe not that one, but this one, the one i took over.
i found out originally when it happened but only to a minor extent until recently, and then after a lot of research, found that it now numbers in the 30+ posts, some being stolen and posted the same day.
i know you probably don't want to have any opinion that might cause any controversy with this entity (after all, Marc Campbell no longer works for them), but this is the worst thing that can happen on the internet, and one which you and your other blog-friends should stand in solidarity against in support.
i guarantee, i would do it for you or them in a second.
here are some of the first wave of stolen posts and videos with comparisons of dates as proof, which it took way too long for me to gather and bitch slap the fuckers on Twitter.
glad you liked the tune.
that's all i care about in my small life anyway.i also know that no one wants to tangle with the big bad bear which is Dangerous Minds for whatever reason which I can't imagine; so if you do nothing, at least do it in my stead.
search Google for "Marc Campbell" "Terrible" and you're bound to find this. whether from his barely memorable blip of a band - the one with the plagiarized half-hit, unapologetically stolen from Jim Carroll's 'People Who Died,' or his stint on Dangerous Minds, hired by defrauding Richard Metzger, saying he could post "original" content, and then being caught defrauding me in what looks to be over 30 posts and videos.
(see the first wave collected here: https://twitter.com/i/moments/1021242956647403520 )
follow this blowhard after reading this interview and my initial indictment, and wallow in the same pit of self-absorption, vacuity, and oblivion as this pig to your heart's content.
these tags are no comment on people i know, but just a reminder for a possible reassessment after knowing this
Lenny Smith Peter Holsapple Dante Fontana Lex Ten VICE, and anyone else who just realized that he was fired from Dangerous Minds years ago.
for real men who don't steal
