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Giving credit where credit just may be due ... Heres another track from former Scaffold member Mike McGear McCartney ... Norton ... From McGears 2nd self titled album entitled: McGear I cant help but wonder about ... All the many musicians in the world ... That made incredible contributions to songs ... And were never given a songwriting credit ... This just may be one of them ... Even though the satirical lyrics make up the bulk of this track ... Norton is a pretty boy Norton is a sissy Nortons got a lovely girl Now isnt that a pity AND Nortons still a pansy boy Nortons still a pet And if he gave me half the chance Id wring his bleeding neck Although penned by Mike McGear and Paul McCartney ... The guitar on this one really makes the song ... Im sure McGear and McCartney didnt write the note by note music ... For the guitar on this song ... The virtual guitar work was courtesy of ... Jimmy McCulloch ... Who lays the mustard quite liberally on this track ... Heres a guy who could take any axe handed to him ... Be it a Gibson SG or ES or even a Les Paul for that matter ... And provide all the trimmings ... To really enhance ... What sometimes could have been considered to be a weak song ... Which brings me to this thought ... I sometimes often wonder how many musicians ... Made some real personal contributions to a song ... Be it guitar, drums, bass, keys and even horns ... That was theirs and theirs alone ... And for whatever strange reason didnt get a co-writing credit ... Or even a thank you or perhaps an honorable mention ... It really boggles my mind ... And there has been many ... And the three that immediately come to mind are ... Jimmy McCulloch Mick Ronson And Mick Taylor And when you look at those names ... Three songwriters/duos ... Come to mind ... Paul McCartney David Bowie (Official) Mick Jagger/Keith Richards ... Who perhaps love to keep a tight grip on their wares ... So in reality ... It just may be too difficult for ... A hard working poor boy ... To get a break ... And its a low down dirty shame ... That continues to this day ... That when a songwriter is asked to give a credit to ... The cats who provide the licks ... For us to get our kicks ... Will often respond with one word when asked why ... And that word is ... ICK
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:40:35 +0000

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