BOC, BRAIN: tBS doing BOC

[John A Swartz]

Brad writes:

>Well I didn't mean to insinuate that Al was upset or wanted to upset any
of the members of 3OC, just that it was more of a statement of fact. "This
is my music and I'm gonna play it. And I'll play it any way I like". Obviously
it was done with a good time at the heart of it. That comes through in the
music. Of course Al knows the real motivation and I am at best,
guessing.


Well, I am guessing as well.  While I still suspect it's more of a treat
for us BOC fans who are now tBS fans, Al may be making a statement that
it *is* his music.  I guess when you think about it, BOC has been playing
his music for years - songs like "Stairway to the Stars", "Cities on
Flame", "O.D.'d on Life Itself", "Flaming Telepaths", "Astronomy",
"The Red and the Black", and even "Buck's Boogie" were all songs that
he had at least a part in creating.  All these songs are staples in
BOC's live sets over the past few years (over most of BOC's career in
fact), and some of them were even re-recorded by BOC back in '94 for
*Cult Classic*.  So, maybe Brad has more of a point than I gave him
credit for -- if BOC can continue to play and even re-record his stuff,
then maybe he is saying "This is my music and I'm gonna play it"

However, based on Al's recent actions (reasonable prices for his material -
with *Career of Christmas* being a good example), concerts with low or
no cover charges, and based on e-mail and face-to-face discussions that
I've had with him, Deb, and the rest of tBS, I truly suspect that these
tracks are for us fans.

John