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Originally Posted by Thinny
You mean for tours where they were promoting the albums that he was part of it. Add to that the songs like Lost Highway, Whole Lot Of Leavin', etc that nobody cares about...Again, it's just his way of stroking his ego and his self-importance....
Doc McGhee was FAR more important to the bands legacy than Shanks, in my opinion, but I'm sure he wouldn't go around claiming to be part of it. Why would he? It would make him look silly....
I did say in my original post that the quote could have been taken out of context.... 
Although nothing I've read leads me to believe that it was... |
Doc McGhee, the showman producer who looks dramatically nothing like he used to with the most Hollywood smile and giver of pretty egotistical interviews being painted in a humble light is such a stretch though. It probably is not that far to find old interviews of him taking a lot of, rightful, credit for building that band up.
JS isn't saying he was the savior of the band or painting himself in a light any bigger than the fact that he's been there helping steer the ship for 20 years. My point is people are really latching onto something they are building in their heads out of sheer dislike for the state of the band instead of pointing a figure at the guy requestiing it and signing the cheque.
I'm an hour in and the dude seems to genuinely care about what he does and crafting songs. It's time for a big change in the band organization and freshen it up but I don't think either side is pumping out product to rake in money, I think they honestly like what they're doing and have fallen into a safety place that takes a radical change 10% of the time.