file under dumb bills:
california assemblyman Anthony Portantino has introduced AB 702, the 'truth in music advertising act', which "would make it harder for musicians to advertise themselves as a famous group from the past, unless they had trademarked the name or at least one of the members of the group was an original member."
The idea is to head off groups promoting themselves as the Drifters or Commodores or Beatles without actually having a Drifter or Commodore or Beatle in the group. The bill to ban imposter groups...is sponsored by Jon Bauman, who is chair of the Truth in Music Committee at the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. You might know him better as "Bowzer," from Sha Na Na.
sorry guys, we're going to have to can our Sha Ya Ya Brotherhood recording sessions.
Labels: california
posted by the cold cowboy @ 1:25 PM
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I thought that was a picture of Duncan for a second.
no, this is a picture of duncan.
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