The Crossroad ( MUSIC )

[murrayhill]

cap, I signed off working with bands
and limited my efforts to singer/songwriters
with session musicians for two reasons. First, the fact is only the writer
of the songs had any lasting financial value to the labels, and it was a
constant effort on their part to separate the "wheat from the chaff."
The biggest reason I stopped was when during a date with a band in NY
someone wondered aloud "Where's Ricky?" He was the lead guitar player.
When he didn't turn up immediately, it was determined that he was in the bathroom,
and the door was locked. They broke it open. He was dead on the toilet with a needle in
his arm. It ruined the session.