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Old 01-16-2007, 09:02 PM   #20
Winter's Claw
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There are quite a few songwriters from that era who made a large chunk of their money from the royalties of a hit song they wrote but someone else recorded. Steve Goodman always said that Arlo Guthrie's hit version of "City of New Orleans" "saved my ass." I imagine a great deal of John Stewart's income came courtesy of "Daydream Believer" royalties. The list goes on...
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