Sony Gold Awards/The Drifters Legends

Gold Awards at Sony Music NY Front: Butch Leake, Lyn Koppe (Marketing) Joe Blunt
Rear: John Jackson, (Vice President) A&R and content development....

January 24th 2012
New York City NY


After 27 years of absence from the musical charts the Drifters Brand
has gone gold with a Sony Music release in the UK  of a CD titled 
"The Drifters the very best of"                                                                    .


Selling over 100,000 units the timed released has pushed 60yr.
brand back into the spotlight prior to it's Anniversary in 2013.


The CD is a compilation early Bell/Arista and Atlantic tracks with two
new tracks recorded by the current Drifters lineup in the UK. but it's
the strong back catalog particularly of the Bell/Arista years which is the 
foundation for the success of this CD.


Most of the tracks Bell/Arista tracks have never been released in the United States but
were available through imports from Virgin record stores for a number of years
yet many US Drifter fans were not aware of them.


January 24th The Drifters Legends Joe Blunt, Butch Leake and Clyde Brown
all living members of the The Drifters from the 70s through the 80s received
Gold awards for their musical contributions to the catalog during those years.


The Drifters Legends to include Rick Sheppard a member from the latter
Atlantic Record period are currently gearing up to possibly return to the
stage late 2012 into 2013.


Under new guidance by PMG Music after these many years of fraudulent 
groups passing themselves off as the real thing and former member violation
of trademark issues to include  management negligence of the group over
the year has successfully Re-branded The Drifters for the future to include
introduction to a younger generation of fans.


As far a the PR campaign the Legends are looking at inroads here in the
United States to finally establish the legitimate performing act under 
"The Drifters Legends"


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Booking info please contact management Kathy Mashadi prismmusicgroup.com
or log into http://www.theofficialdrifters.com

You Are All I Want For Christmas 2011

Your all I want for Christmas is a beautiful smooth Love Ballard which takes
us back to the days when The Ojay's, Blue Magic and Stylistic ruled
the air waves. Three music veterans The voices of Leonard, Coleman and Blunt
are dynamic blend of the Legacy of those years......"A perfect gift for Christmas" 

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OWS On The Move (A Time To Reflect)

 Some might think the occupy Wall Street has simply failed an gone away but this is far from the truth. Yes the lobbyist and special interest groups who wage smear campaigns would like you to think this is the case. The OWS is up and running, but like any other movement of the past it has to reflect on where it's at which is all part of the growth process. For more info log into my photo blog "Through My Lens" OWS On The Move http://butchleake.tumblr.com

Also read CNN Exclusive Inside the offices of Occupy Wall Street at http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/01/exclusive-inside-the-offices-of-occupy-wall-street/?hpt=hp_t3

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OWS On The Move (Mayoral Mess)

Thursday November 17 is promised to be a day of massive disruption here in NY
as OWS protesters promise to avenge a federal ruling which overturned yesterdays
decision by Supreme Justice Lucy Billings to allow them back into Zuccotti park with there 
tents and other property.

For a period of time Justice Billings while coming up the ranks as a lawyer worked for the
ACLU (Civil Liberties Union) and has been sympathetic to such causes in the past.

It is know that the ACLU has been thorn in the cities side over first amendment issues.

The city has been hard pressed to win first amendment issues going back to the Mayor
Giuliani era.

The city regulates it's streets in and around it's Health and Safety statutes.

After short legal wrangling the city won it's move to keep the protesters from returning
as before when Justice Michael Stallman overruled order allowing use of tents.

In the end Justice Stallman  found the rules against the accumulation of garbage and
human waste in public places were in his words reasonable.

In court papers the city said the park had become overcrowded and a cesspool
rife with trash, fire hazards and crime which is questionable if you had ever visited
the occupation area.

It's also noted by protest lawyer Alan Levine the rules of no camping were imposed
after the protest began so they are invalid.

Much of the discrepences were being corrected when the city decided to move in
with there strong arm tactics as city officials were looking at a race against the clock
all politically motivated.

The fact if the mayor was running for office such as the presidency this might
have been a different outcome. He had nothing to loose by making the move
he decided on.

It's further noted that Mayor Bloomberg had been in constant contact with
Brookfield Properties considering the mayor's girl friend, Diane Taylor
sits on the board of the real estates giant which owns Zuccotti.

The Park is also named after former deputy mayor John Zuccotti who's
Brookfields chairman of the board.

As it currently looks this is a major mess for all parties involved as the protest
will surely go on into the future with no end in site.....

For the latest photo's on OWS on the move log into http://butchleake.tumblr.com

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