Posted December 4, 200717 yr 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
January 17, 200817 yr Author 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.
January 17, 200817 yr 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
January 17, 200817 yr Author 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 !!
April 3, 200916 yr 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
April 6, 200916 yr Author 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, 200916 yr by Karen and Rob Wigley
April 6, 200916 yr 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.
April 21, 200916 yr 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
April 21, 200916 yr Author 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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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