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Thread #57746   Message #911071
Posted By: SINSULL
15-Mar-03 - 11:22 PM
Thread Name: Songs 'given' to others-silly practice?
Subject: RE: Songs 'given' to others-silly practice?
Nothing you would ever hear at the Press Room, Jeri.

The practice of not singing another's song has always struck me as a courtesy more than anything else. Barry always gets a nod from Charlie before going ahead with Yangtze River. I have never yet heard anyone sing Kendall's "Don't Look Good Naked Anymore"; "Fire Down Below" is Jeri's mostly because no one can get it quite as right as she. "Aunt Cora" is Lynn's. Funny but I just dragged out Kendall's first CD with "Maggie May" on it and found it strange to have anyone but Tom sing it. But I can't imagine anyone objecting if a singer chose to. Again, courtesy.