Rob Wigley Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 Got a call from Melvin Davis regarding "Chains of love" by The Dirtbombs being used in the French Film The Diving Bell and The butterfly. He asked me to do a bit of digging around for him and i found the track and a lot about the film which looks very interesting as it was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and looks set for a USA release. This is all good news for Melvin as he will be able to get his hands on some well deserved royalties Not sure if the link will work below but if not copy & paste into your browser https://www.pinglewood.com/2007/October/The..._Butterfly.html The Dirtbombs version is very raw and i like it a lot, they are from Detroit and the lead singer looks black as well. Melvin sends his regards to all his "Soul Angels" in the UK and hopefully will see you in 2008 Rob & Karen
Rob Wigley Posted January 17, 2008 Author Posted January 17, 2008 Got a call from Melvin Davis regarding "Chains of love" by The Dirtbombs being used in the French Film The Diving Bell and The butterfly. He asked me to do a bit of digging around for him and i found the track and a lot about the film which looks very interesting as it was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and looks set for a USA release. This is all good news for Melvin as he will be able to get his hands on some well deserved royalties Not sure if the link will work below but if not copy & paste into your browser https://www.pinglewood.com/2007/October/The..._Butterfly.html The Dirtbombs version is very raw and i like it a lot, they are from Detroit and the lead singer looks black as well. Melvin sends his regards to all his "Soul Angels" in the UK and hopefully will see you in 2008 Rob & Karen Just to add a bit more to this, the film won 5 awards at a US awards thing about 2 weeks back It also won 2 "Golden Globes" at the weekend (best foreign film & Best director) Its up for some Oscars as well. Good thing is it makes Both Melvin Davis and JJ Barnes some much needed dosh with DVD sales and profile etc.
Mike Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 great news to see him doing well Rob by coincedence am just in middle sorting out the next article from Rob Moss which is about Melvin and first saw light of day as the cd sleeve notes
Rob Wigley Posted January 17, 2008 Author Posted January 17, 2008 great news to see him doing well Rob by coincedence am just in middle sorting out the next article from Rob Moss which is about Melvin and first saw light of day as the cd sleeve notes As I said earlier, we hope to see Melvin over here later in the year !!
stomper45 Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 As I said earlier, we hope to see Melvin over here later in the year !! Hi Rob hope your well, has his own version of "chains" ever been on a 45, noticed its on the cd, fantastic
Rob Wigley Posted April 6, 2009 Author Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) Hi Rob hope your well, has his own version of "chains" ever been on a 45, noticed its on the cd, fantastic Danny Missed this reply as it's quite an old thread. Answer is "No", never on a 45 although he does a version "Live" and it is on the CD Melvin Davis -His greatest recordings-Rock Mill-see below We had hoped to bring him over in 2008-but he was caring for his elderly mother -who died at the end of last year. Melvin has now retired from his job at the Detroit US mail service and is back concentrating on his music, He WILL be back over in the UK in September-first gig is Goovesville Nighter--we are waitng for a couple of interested parties to confirm dates with us for gigs sept/oct. There is a posibility he may be here sooner----- Royalties from the film helped Melvin alot, however they were split 3 ways due to Melvin "giving away" writing credits to JJ Barnes & Don Davis- who have also got a share. There will be more to come on WorldWide DVD sales etc. Melvin has met up with the Dirtbombs-who are a Detroit based Rock/Punk/soul band with a black lead singer-the first comment to Melvin was "We love find a quiet place!!!"-at least 2 of the band have copies! Anyone who fancies putting Melvin on drop me a PM and I will give you details of costings atc. I have a few copies of the CD @£10 each plus £1 P&P-ALL MONEY TO MELVIN Rob & Karen Edited April 7, 2009 by Karen and Rob Wigley
Guest Carl Dixon Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 It really is good to read about artists getting royalties. Quite refreshing. That's why they became recording artists in the second place. The first is because they love music hopefully.
stomper45 Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Cheers Rob Got the cd today mate, sounds great driving along in the sunshine
Guest Andy Kempster Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Danny Missed this reply as it's quite an old thread. Answer is "No", never on a 45 although he does a version "Live" and it is on the CD Melvin Davis -His greatest recordings-Rock Mill-see below We had hoped to bring him over in 2008-but he was caring for his elderly mother -who died at the end of last year. Melvin has now retired from his job at the Detroit US mail service and is back concentrating on his music, He WILL be back over in the UK in September-first gig is Goovesville Nighter--we are waitng for a couple of interested parties to confirm dates with us for gigs sept/oct. There is a posibility he may be here sooner----- Royalties from the film helped Melvin alot, however they were split 3 ways due to Melvin "giving away" writing credits to JJ Barnes & Don Davis- who have also got a share. There will be more to come on WorldWide DVD sales etc. Melvin has met up with the Dirtbombs-who are a Detroit based Rock/Punk/soul band with a black lead singer-the first comment to Melvin was "We love find a quiet place!!!"-at least 2 of the band have copies! Anyone who fancies putting Melvin on drop me a PM and I will give you details of costings atc. I have a few copies of the CD @£10 each plus £1 P&P-ALL MONEY TO MELVIN Rob & Karen hi rob, me and toby are getting really excited about the melvin davis appearance and will be firming up details very shortly
Rob Wigley Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 hi rob, me and toby are getting really excited about the melvin davis appearance and will be firming up details very shortly Just been speaking to him before I logged on, he,s got loads of things happening in his life at the moment and he sends his love to all his "Soul Angels" in the UK watch this space Rob & Karen
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