Originally Posted By: eddie1261
Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
Almost got there ourselves, but the contract the record company offered was so bad our manager tried to make it better for us, and Motown looked elsewhere for someone to exploit.


And if you had gotten "there", what would you have been playing? I didn't think Motown signed cover bands.<...snip...>

Not many people in Motown wrote their own songs. I'd guess 90% or more of their hits were written by staff writers.

Besides, we would have been what eventually became Rare Earth, and they did plenty of Motown covers (Get Ready immediately comes to mind).

I'm sorry you didn't make the big time, and sorry that you are bitter about it. To be fair, with so many musicians out there, the odds are stacked against us.

I was talking to Tom Scott one day when we were playing at the Hyatt of the Palm Beaches. He said (and I'll paraphrase) that there is a sax player somewhere like Valparaiso, Indiana that could put him (Tom) in his back pocket. But I (Tom) was in the right place at the right time, I had the right connections, I showed up on time, I showed up straight, and I could do the job,

That kind of honesty impressed me, and I have a respect for Mr. Scott for that.

IMO the ultimate success in life is to live a happy life. I'm sure others disagree and that's OK.

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