by Doug » Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:46 am
Say WHAT?!?!?! "a solo album of George Powell's called The Distances Between Friends Before They Go" ???? Hey Tom - what's up with this??? GE has a solo album out there somewhere that can possibly be acquired and drooled over? MORE INFORMATION PLEASE!!! I remember after the first Chillicothe Homecoming concert, my brother and I talked to GE and he said he was shopping a solo album around then. Could this be the one? Has GE released it on his own? Is there a website where it can be procured? Or is this project akin to "Not Made In China" and could be released whenever Craig gets a deal to his liking, and most likely is in a state of continuous tweaking and improving until such time as Craig is ready to roll it out to the public. Case in point would be Mark Farner (Former lead singer/songwriter/guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad) who also had a solo album which he was shopping around looking for a distribution deal. In his case, sure, everyone he approached was willing to cut a deal with him as long as he was willing to sign away the publishing rights to the songs. Well, that's about a third of the whole pie right there. That's why Reilly jokes around about how "Let Me Love You Tonight" put his kids thru kindergarten. He doesn't own the publishing. I don't know if Jeff Wilson owns a part of it, but whoever does is the one getting the money anytime another artist wants to cover the tune, etc. Of all the millions made off of Grand Funk's first seven consecutive platinum and gold albums, the boys in the band got peanuts for the songs they wrote and created, the record company and specifically their manager Terry Knight got the money, because Terry Knight owned (and his estate stiil does) the publishing rights to all the music. Farner gets residuals off the current sales of all the old albums (which isn't much) which is why he decided to release his solo album "For The People" on his own, available on his and other websites. Not getting that nationwide distribution deal in all the Walmarts and Targets across the land, but he gets the whole kit and kaboodle by releasing the album on his own and retaining the publishing. Perhaps this is what Craig will eventually do. I think we would all like to know more agout George Ed's project. Thanks, Tom for any light you can shed on the subject.