Eric Clapton made millions off his MTV "Unplugged" album, but gave credit -- and royalties -- for one of the songs to the wrong blues artist ... according to a new lawsuit. The estate of Bo Carter -- a blues guy in the 1920s and '30s -- says Clapton incorrectly ID'd the song "Alberta" as a tune from Lead Belly. In the lawsuit, it says Clapton's performance is really a famous rendition of Carter's original song "Corrine,...
- 10/14/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Rod Stewart could be singing the blues in more ways than one soon. The “Maggie May” singer has been slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims he ripped off the very similarly-titled song “Corrine, Corrina” for his 2013 album “Time.” The lawsuit was filed in U.S. district court in Georgia by Miles Floyd, the administrator of the estate of blues performer Bo Carter, whose real name Armenter Chatmon. Chatmon was the first artist to record the song “Corrine, Corrina” and, according to the suit, he also wrote the tune, first registering the song with the U.S. Copyright Office in 1929. Also Read: Rod.
- 7/2/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
A famous blues song, “Corrine, Corrina,” is the subject of a new lawsuit filed in Georgia against Rod Stewart, Universal Music and Capitol Records. The song was written by Armenter "Bo Carter" Chatmon about 1928 — long ago enough that it borders on being in the public domain. Since being recorded, the 12-bar song has become somewhat of a standard with covers by Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson and Conor Oberst, among others. Now, the heirs of the Chatmon estate are coming forward with copyright claims against Stewart over his inclusion of the similarly titled "Corrina, Corrina"
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- 7/2/2015
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – “I been in the blues all my life. I’m still delivering ‘cause I got a long memory,” Muddy Waters once recounted to a reporter. Although the narrative catharsis once offered by the likes of Charlie Patton and Bo Carter may have given way to the stylized pulse of R&B, its placement in America’s ever-ripening counterculture is worth the recollection. And luckily for Chicago, it is a stronghold that is now making a timely wake-up call on the Northlight stage, with enough sweat and sizzle to heat a bass line.
Play Rating: 4.0/5.0
Created and helmed by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman, the duo of “It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues” fame, “Low Down Dirty Blues” is the Skokie theatre’s most recent offering in lively songbook revues. Culled from a legion of stalwarts including Waters, Ma Rainey, Pearl Bailey and Sophie Tucker, the buoyant production achieves...
Play Rating: 4.0/5.0
Created and helmed by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman, the duo of “It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues” fame, “Low Down Dirty Blues” is the Skokie theatre’s most recent offering in lively songbook revues. Culled from a legion of stalwarts including Waters, Ma Rainey, Pearl Bailey and Sophie Tucker, the buoyant production achieves...
- 6/10/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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