From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #426 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Monday, October 31 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 426 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Fwd: [FAR-West] David Rea [Steve Dulson ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:53:57 +0000 From: Steve Dulson Subject: Fwd: [FAR-West] David Rea Forwarding from the FAR-West list - a different take on DR.... Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-mxlb.mail.rr.com ([10.127.255.90]) by cdptpa-imta04.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20111031231132272.IUAE10779@cdptpa-imta04.mail.rr.com> for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:11:32 +0000 Return-Path: X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-RR-Connecting-IP: 64.90.176.26 Received: from [64.90.176.26] ([64.90.176.26:55668] helo=folkserv.net) by cdptpa-iedge09.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 32/38-17669-42B2FAE4; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:11:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=rm04a.folkserv.net) by folkserv.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1RL0lV-000Ond-3T for tinkersown@ca.rr.com; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:55:37 -0500 Old-Message-ID: <1A6090DE0FFA4C629315458F03412464@neil> From: "Tweet" To: Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:55:16 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-ELNK-Trace: f0518264f8d314ecc06e95782e8f638e7e972de0d01da94059cd82bcb1 afd366cfa8338e0b0e7d07350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 76.254.33.2 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 1.01d X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Message-Id: <773118885$142871574$1448130022@folkserv.net> Received: from [76.254.33.2] (helo=neil) by elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1RL0l8-000858-Bi for farwest@folkserv.net; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:55:14 -0400 Subject: [FAR-West] David Rea X-BeenThere: farwest@folkserv.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list Reply-To: Tweet , Folk Alliance Region West Coast List-Id: Folk Alliance Region West Coast List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: farwest-bounces+tinkersown=ca.rr.com@folkserv.net Errors-To: farwest-bounces+tinkersown=ca.rr.com@folkserv.net Hi Folks, David Rea had so much talent. He was always going to quit drinking, but ended up drinking himself to death. In the entertainment business, we lose so many people to drug abuse and alcoholism. I knew David since the Toronto days where we first met. I moved to California, and was on the road for years with different acts doing lights, sound, and stage managing. I worked with Lightfoot during those years he toured out here, and eventually got reacquainted with David. I'm the engineer/producer of "Feelin' Good" and "The Brass Ring" albums. I spent a lot of time with David during that time. As the engineer and producer of these albums, I was never paid for any of the recording time or the backup musicians I hired (and paid for) myself. Our friendship faded as he continued to ignore his financial obligations. David was an talented writer and player, but never had a grasp of the music business. Consequently, he lost quite a bit of money because of royalties and residuals he didn't know he was entitled to. I finally cornered one of his former agents into paying him back royalties for "Mississippi Queen", which we re-recorded on "The Brass Ring." He composed music for a song I had wrote titled "Lone Wolf" while I was working on a book with the same title. David proceeded to copyright the song and register it with ASCAP under his own name without telling me. I have strong feelings of betrayal after David Rea's first two projects with me, and then trying to steal the rights to my song. After many unanswered phone calls and letters, I decided that our friendship was not worth pursuing. He was a silver tongued devil, who always found someone that would put up the money and time to record his music. In bios and eulogies, he gets too much credit for bringing up his children, who were raised by his ex-wife, Morna. David never had a kind word to say about Morna, but he spent alot of time puffing himself up as the "suffering father". Inspite of this, I had some good memories of working with David. He let me put together most of the arranging on all the songs you hear on the two albums I produced and recorded. David worked as a backup guitarist for many musicians whose albums I recorded over the years. I received e-mails expressing mixed feelings by those of us that knew him, but nobody can deny the creative genius he once had. Neil www.ashipstale.com _______________________________________________ FARWest mailing list FAQ: http://www.far-west.org/list_FAQ.htm To post a message: FARWest@folkserv.net To subscribe or unsubscribe: http://www.folkserv.net/mailman/listinfo/farwest ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #426 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------