[Dixielandjazz] Public Domain Songs anyone?

[Stephen G Barbone]

You have to laugh about this, regardless of party.
Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
NY TIMES - October 9, 2008 - Complied by Dave Itzkoff
Rock Band Protests McCain’s Use of Its Song

Another rock act has objected to the use of its music by Senator John  
McCain’s presidential campaign. This time it’s the band Foo Fighters,  
protesting the campaign’s use of its song “My Hero” at rallies. “ ‘My  
Hero’ was written as a celebration of the common man and his  
extraordinary potential,” the band said in a statement released on  
Wednesday. “To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in  
a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just  
tarnishes the song.” Last month the band Heart demanded that the  
McCain campaign stop playing its song “Barracuda” at public  
appearances by Gov. Sarah Palin. And in August Jackson Browne filed  
suit against the Ohio Republican Party for using his song “Running on  
Empty” in a television commercial without his permission.



Steve Barbone

www.barbonestreet.com
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband