The greatest rock swindle of all time

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_8mduTEvnU0

"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"

Speaking of great rock and roll swindles, did they ever find out who stole $200,000 from the Led Zeppelin's New York hotel safe deposit box back in 1973?

The Rutles come to mind.

 

^I Loved the Rutles.

Yellow Submarine Sandwich is one of rocks seminal albums.

Led Zeppelin was involved in quite a few rock and roll swindles.

I thought The Rutles were a riot, and George Harrison seemed to think so too. Klaatu on the other hand was a fab four rip-off.

Klaatu wrote original tunes and had some talent.  Beatlemania the Broadway show was a rip-off.  At least DSO doesn't wear costumes. 

The Fyre Festival has to be in the Top Ten.

J. Geils Band without J. Geils

CCR without John Forgerty

 

So many bands with no or 1 original member left. 

Robbie Robertson

 

game set match

>>> ^I Loved the Rutles.

 

everybody loves the Rutles.

from Wikipedia:
 

Leonard "Lenny" Hart (September 19, 1919 – February 2, 1975) [1] was a drummer who owned and operated Hart Music, selling drums and musical instruments in San Carlos, California. He was the father of Mickey Hart, one of the percussionists for the Grateful Dead. Lenny Hart was also the Grateful Dead's original money manager.[2] In March, 1970, he disappeared along with approximately US$155,000 of the group's profits.[3]

Hart was located by a private detective and arrested in San Diego on July 26, 1971,[4]while baptizing people and using the name "Rev. Lenny B. Hart".[2] He was convicted of criminal embezzlement and sentenced to six months in jail.[4]

The Grateful Dead song "He's Gone" is based on Lenny Hart's embezzlement of band money and subsequent disappearance.[5][6] As a result of the fiasco, Mickey Hart, feeling ashamed of his father's actions, left the band in February 1971, not returning to the group on a full-time basis until 1974.[citation needed]

Lenny Hart died of natural causes on February 2, 1975.[7] He had been teaching music in Mill Valley since his release from prison. According to Dennis McNally, "Mickey went to the funeral home, cleared the room, took out the snakewood sticks that had been his inheritance, played a traditional rudimental drum piece, "The Downfall of Paris" on Lenny's coffin, and split."[7]

 

>everybody loves the Rutles<

 

That's good to hear. I was stunned that Ned thought of the  Rutles 

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=amiBTezWKqQ

Get Up And Go

Ha!  I never knew that Lenny was baptizing people when the law finally caught up with him.

Am I the victim, or the grime?

 

 

OK...will nominate The Who's first (!) Farewell Tour in 1982.

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CURVEBALL !!! 

The Deadbeats were mentioned on another thread. Saw 'em a few times at the Oregon Country Fair back in the day. A few years ago we saw the Deadbeats were to play for free at the Corvallis July 4 celebration.

Turned out to be one orig. Deadbeat and a couple of clueless HS kids. They were terrible. Woulda asked for my money back but it was free.sad

Fare Thee Well?...