Hi,
My name is Ned Massey and I am a singer/songwriter who was the last
signing of John Hammond, the famous Columbia Records talent scout who
signed Bruce Springsteen(and Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie
Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan and countless others). Mr. Hammond
said in the national press (Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times, CBS
Morning News) that I was the best thing he'd heard since Dylan and
Springsteen. He was in the process of signing me to Epic Records (we
were in fact in the studio recording what was to be my first album)
when he had a massive stroke from which he never recovered.

Without Mr. Hammond to guide the project, my deal at Epic stalled and
disappeared. After years of all the things that can go wrong in the
music business(labels going out of business, etc), I finally finished
an album on my own. It's called "A Brief Appearance" and you can hear
it at my website

http://www.nedmassey.com

You can download it if you like. No matter what, it'd be great if you
can find the time to check the site and my music out.

Thanks
Ned Massey