Some examples of showbiz imposters:
Sorry I confused Sammy with Hagar the Horrible
Posted on 08/13/2006 3:10:53 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper
BUTTE, Mont. -- A band that headlined a fair last weekend is accused of masquerading as the rock group Redbone, whose hits included the 1970s song "Come and Get Your Love."
The band at the Butte-Silver Bow Fair performed under the name Redbone, but the real Redbone was playing in Wisconsin, said Ron Kurtz, Redbone's manager.
"I've been in the business for 40 years, and I've never ran into anything this blatant," Kurtz said Thursday from his office in Burbank, Calif. He said the fair board was conned.
Fair officials said they dealt with a man who identified himself as Denny Freeman and said he was a co-founding member of Redbone.
Pat Vegas, who founded Redbone with his brother, Lolly, in 1968, said he had not heard of Freeman.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...
One of the summers biggest concerts, and "Montana's finest rockfest" is now underway near Three Forks. The 7th annual Rockin the Rivers, begins today, with performances by REO Speedwagon, Jefferson Starship and Warrant.
The event runs through Sunday, one day passes are 50 dollars, and if you want to stay all three days, it'll run you 120 dollars; campsites are also available.
The concert grounds are at "the Bridge, " which lies four miles east of the Lewis and Clark Caverns.
Or Beau Dollar and the Coins featuring a soon to be famous guitar player named Lonnie Mack. Biggest hit was a tune named 'Soul Serenade' and 'Any Day Now.'
...a real band once upon a time.
Least ways, that's lots better than Milli Vanelli--the mimes who masqueraded as being a band.
God, that's almost as bad as that awful album William Shatner put out where he sings Macarther Park.
Aren't there 3 or 4 "Blue Man Group" groups? Several tied to individual cities and one that tours?
I play guitar. I don't even think that's a chord.
R&R PING
The dead giveaway is where they say they were in the Little Rascals as kids.
>>Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods...
Back in the 70s my older brother won a copy of their album from a Boston radio station. Yes, featuring those great hits "Billy Don't Be A Hero" and "Who Do You Think You Are?".
Some members of groups like the Platters (Herb Reed, I think) have been pushing state legislators to punish bands who
masquerade as more famous bands...
>>Leon Redbone
I saw the REAL Leon Redbone at a theater in Stoneham, MA,
and he gave a show that was less than an hour. No opening
act. $28...He wished us well from the stage and the lights went up, and people went into the lobby for what they thought was the intermission. Suddenly the theater manager came in,
as we were buying beer and such, and said, "Er, just to let everyone know, that WAS the entire show..." The theater owners were under the impression that Leon was either doing one long set or two shorter ones...
Someone ran backstage and told the band there were some
unhappy customers. They got back on stage and started to
play and then after a few minutes Leon grudgingly came back
(I get the feeling he just didn't feel like doing too long of a show) and did a couple numbers. Yeesh.
from SUPEROLDIES.com:
http://www.superoldies.com/insider11-03.html
"The proliferation of fake oldies groups has caused immense concern among the "real" artists, who have been stripped of their identities and livelihood by unscrupulous artists, promoters, and managers...The most obvious is the unbelievable amount of Coasters, Platters, and Drifters we have at many of the oldies’ shows and casinos. Even the largest Vegas casinos are charging $50 a ticket to see these three coupled up together, and the results are saddening. One report from a backup musician states that The Coasters simply put on wigs and switched suits between shows and then came out as The Drifters.
"Frankie Ford ("Sea Cruise") got a shock when traveling through the Carolinas and saw The Platters on the venue marquee and thought he’d stop in and see some of the guys. 'One of them was white . . . a white dude in The Platters!" he exclaimed, as only Frankie can.'
Quite a lot of the "group" names are owned by someone other than any of the original performers. Each time the "group" goes on tour, it may be made up of entirely new performers.
"Er, just to let everyone know, that WAS the entire show..."
Hmmmm... Guess he needed to get back to being laid back, eh?
>>Quite a lot of the "group" names are owned by someone other than any of the original performers
In an interesting situation, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman of the Turtles got into some legal wrangling with the manager of their record label and for awhile they were prevented from
using their REAL NAMES (well, Howard's real last name is
Kaplan technically) when touring so they became Flo and
Eddie, for awhile. These days they still appear as the Turtles; for all practical purposes they were the Turtles
(though we can't totally discount the members of the band...
and I saw the two of them, with some indescript backup
musicians, at a state fair as The Turtles).
But if you took a couple of the real ex-Turtles and had
different lead singers, would it really be the Turtles?
Ex-Creedence Clearwater Revival members went on tour
sans John Fogerty and used the name Creedence Clearwater
Revisited. (And Fogerty got into hot water when one of his original songs, The Old Man Down the Road, sounded a little
too much like Run Through the Jungle. He plagiarized himself! But the rights to his old songs were held by
Saul Zaentz of Fantasy Records...There was a lawsuit.
Fogerty's comeback album, Centerfield, jabbed at Saul
with a song: "Zanz can't dance but he'll steal your
money/Watch him or he'll rob you blind". He had to chance THAT to "Vanz" Can't Dance.)
Ex-Electric Light Orchestra members did the same, sans Jeff Lynne, as "ELO II"
correction: had to CHANGE that
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