NEIL YOUNG
WAGING HEAVY PEACE - A Hippie Dream
Published by Blue Rider Press - Penguin Group
C 2012 Neil Young
Chapter 11, pages 89-90 of hardback
"There are a lot of things that can go wrong on the road. If you get sick, you still play, but people think you are losing your edge. If you have half a house, people don't feel that they are part of something. If you don't have a great crew, your shit doesn't sound right. If you don't have the best equipment, your show may not sound as great as the last one or the next one. If you have a reputation, it is on the line. If you forget what you are doing, it shows up on YouTube. If you remember what you're doing, it shows up on YouTube. If you do something new that isn't ready, or something old that you screw up, it is on YouTube. If snot comes out of your nose while you are playing the harmonica and slithers down the harmonica rack onto your T-shirt, it is on YouTube. If you say something stupid..." - Neil Young
(Neil is working on a sound system that will vastly improve the quality of downloaded music. He is known mostly for his work with Buffalo Springfield which had a debut album in 1966, and then as the Y in Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.)
- Christine Trzyna
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
JERRY WIENTRAUB MEMOIR "WHEN I STOP TALKING YOU'LL KNOW I'M DEAD" is terrific!
JERRY WIENTRAUB has been one of the hardest and smartest working guys in music history and it's true that he succeeded first with a new model for concert promotions. Closer to home here, he got Joe Esposito, one of Elvis' long term guys, a job after Elvis died. Jerry's a good guy, so of course we wanted to read his memoir.
Here's a excerpt from page 80, concerning Colonel Parker, who Jerry held in esteem.
"ELVIS MADE ALL THE ARTISTIC DECISIONS and DID EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED TO DO. Business and promotion was what Colonel cared about. As for the movies, which some people didn't like, Colonel Parker had just two rules: One: It has to have ten songs because 10 songs made a record. Two: Elvis got paid one million dollars. This neat sum, one million, the Colonel loved it. It rolled off his tongue."
by Jerry Weintraub with Rich Cohen
Twelve Books publishers
Here's a excerpt from page 80, concerning Colonel Parker, who Jerry held in esteem.
"ELVIS MADE ALL THE ARTISTIC DECISIONS and DID EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED TO DO. Business and promotion was what Colonel cared about. As for the movies, which some people didn't like, Colonel Parker had just two rules: One: It has to have ten songs because 10 songs made a record. Two: Elvis got paid one million dollars. This neat sum, one million, the Colonel loved it. It rolled off his tongue."
by Jerry Weintraub with Rich Cohen
Twelve Books publishers
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