From: lcargill99@comcast.com   
      
   The old geezer wrote:   
   >   
   >> So sad.   
   >   
   > Through the years I met plenty of people who were into rock (or not)   
   > & had never heard of FZ or any of his music (not even "Yellow Snow").   
   > Same goes for Van Morrison.  So could he really be considered a   
   > "Star"??  Everyone had heard of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach   
   > Boys & Elvis.  He is a "Star" to his fans because we know him & his   
   > music.  But Frank was no John Wayne of the R n R scene.  Just one of   
   > those on the fringe.   
   >   
   > The Old Geezer   
   >   
      
   Business-and-process-wise, Frank had more in common with Wayne and   
   Eastwood than most other people.   
      
   Wayne/Eastwood both evolved self-contained product marques of   
   their own. They often "owned the label" so to speak, self-financed   
   and were/are very  much their own man.   
      
   And who gives a red rat how famous somebody is? That's become an   
   even sicker game than it used to be. Now, if the work they do is   
   so ingrained in the culture that say... marching bands play it, then   
   that's different. But the fame game; it's pretty nauseating and   
   getting worse.   
      
   --   
   Les Cargill   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)