read it, helped me actually understand the subject
Lot of articles have been written on how Robertson copyrighted 'The Band' songs without informing the band, even though most of the songs had been written by Bob Dylan, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Levon Helm, making all future profits his alone, creating a bitter lifelong feud with Levon Helm.
Not just Levon, the others all quit having anything to do with him.
Interesting. Robertson, in his book, described how Danko, Helm and Manuel all came to him to be "bought out" of their copywright ownership to the songs. He claimed, that early on as they became successful that he insisted the Band members all maintain their rights to the songs that he wrote. Anyway, it doesn't matter anymore since they're all gone (except for Hudson) and despite these ugly accusations, the Band leaves behind some of the best (my opinion) songs of this genre ever written.
yea, he who writes the book controls the narrative.
Hey if you're reading jokes then it counts in my book! Pun intended!I apologize, this is the second time one of my jokes wound up in the "what are you reading?" thread. Guess I'll have to be more careful.
If it makes any difference, I did get the joke from a book.
