Sounds interesting, Ned. I'm gonna check you out.



--- In stonepony@y..., "nedmass1" <nedmass1@y...> wrote:
> 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