[Dixielandjazz] Re: Doctor Jazz - Jelly Roll Morton.

JimDBB@aol.com JimDBB@aol.com
Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:50:52 EDT


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In a message dated 9/28/02 11:46:41 AM Central Daylight Time, 
nancyink@ulink.net writes:


> 
> In this modern day of mass media, where children no longer seem so 
> innocent,
> I find it charming and refreshing to see so many who cannot imagine Dr. 
> Jazz
> being about anything other than happy music. :)
> Regarding Melrose buying songs and taking credit (hence, money) from JRM, I
> wonder if perhaps drug-using musicians weren't easy targets for 
> exploitation
> due to shortsightedness ('fix' first) and being too 'flaky' to be good in
> business. Of course, as Steve points out, being black didn't help.

   The thing is that everybody, regardless of race or anything else, sold 
their songs.  they weren't regarded as much or valued much.  Very few 
envisioned that royalties on copyrighted songs would be paid nor that these 
songs would ever be popular.  Songs were just little things that musicians 
dashed off when they needed a few bucks or something to record.

> For those who love conspiracy theories:
> (Note this is hearsay.) My friend who is a music composer (who also played
> OKOM professionally all his life) told me that, among his music-composer
> colleagues, it was 'known' that Johnn Lennon did NOT write most of the 
> great
> Beetles songs that were credited to him and Paul McCartney. (No surprise
> with "Norwegian Wood"?) Furthermore, John Lennon was murdered because he 
> had let it be known that he was prepared to reveal this truth to the world

Nancy

   Please, Nancy...never repeat junk like this.  this is not just 'hearsay', 
it is very destructive malice.

Jim Beebe



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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/28/02 11:46:41 AM Central Daylight Time, nancyink@ulink.net writes:<BR>
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In this modern day of mass media, where children no longer seem so innocent,<BR>
I find it charming and refreshing to see so many who cannot imagine Dr. Jazz<BR>
being about anything other than happy music. :)<BR>
Regarding Melrose buying songs and taking credit (hence, money) from JRM, I<BR>
wonder if perhaps drug-using musicians weren't easy targets for exploitation<BR>
due to shortsightedness ('fix' first) and being too 'flaky' to be good in<BR>
business. Of course, as Steve points out, being black didn't help.</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">&nbsp;&nbsp; The thing is that everybody, regardless of race or anything else, sold their songs.&nbsp; they weren't regarded as much or valued much.&nbsp; Very few envisioned that royalties on copyrighted songs would be paid nor that these songs would ever be popular.&nbsp; Songs were just little things that musicians dashed off when they needed a few bucks or something to record.</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">For those who love conspiracy theories:<BR>
(Note this is hearsay.) My friend who is a music composer (who also played<BR>
OKOM professionally all his life) told me that, among his music-composer<BR>
colleagues, it was 'known' that Johnn Lennon did NOT write most of the great<BR>
Beetles songs that were credited to him and Paul McCartney. (No surprise<BR>
with "Norwegian Wood"?) Furthermore, John Lennon was murdered because he had let it be known that he was prepared to reveal this truth to the world</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Nancy</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp; Please, Nancy...never repeat junk like this.&nbsp; this is not just 'hearsay', it is very destructive malice.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Jim Beebe<BR>
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