Aug 12, 2008 09:11
I'm fascinated by Usher firing Benny Medina and returning to his mother for management. The question arises...should you stay with who got you there, or switch allegiance to the big swinging dick My friend Jake Gold built the Tragically Hip. The first time I heard from him was back in '89, when the band's MCA debut hit the streets. It was hard to get him off the phone, his excitement was palpable. Jake built the Hip into the biggest band in Canada. He got them to open for the Stones in Europe. But, despite signing them to multiple labels in the U.S., the Hip never broke through in the Lower 48. And the band abandoned him.