I have today recieved a very brief letter from the son of the author today, wich to conclude this thread (at last) i will relay. Before i do, i would also like to mention that my little singing cowboy, has not played a local gig since i left this thread and here may be why.

Dear PJ

I am writing to inform you of developments regarding the song copywright wich arose a while ago. upon the advice of my family and lawyer friend, we decided to visit your area for a holiday, and we found your entertainer in a local pub. having purchased his CD, we waited till the end of the gig, and then approached him. initially we got his phone number, telling him we were interested in booking him, and then struck with our bombshell, backed up with what evidence we had, and i'm glad to say, he crumbled like a cookie.

after a few meetings, in wich we were very eager to stress that we were only merely protecting my fathers rights, we came to an amicable agreement.
we went back to the studio, had the cd ReMastered without my fathers song, wich was wiped and the original master handed to me, a solicitors letter was exchanged stating he would never again sell a CD with that song on it, and to top it off paid me €x amount for copies already sold.

This was far more than i had actually wanted, but he was happy to do so, so i agreed, we shook hands and parted company.

P.s You're right, i didn't like him either!
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And so mudcatters, i conclude