Re: Cheers For Luis Rey!!

[ERIC ROMANO/JMC2000 <romano1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> After reading the post, I got on the phone with Luis Rey to congradulate
> him on being picked to write some of the liner notes for the BBC Sessions
> album. We all have our opinions on his writings as some like it and some
> don't. I think the thing that is great about having someone like Rey writing
> the liner notes as the comments are coming from the heart of a true fan
> instead of some well known journalist who really knows very little about the
> band.

	Of course Rey is to be commended for his archaeology of long-lost
Zep tapes, and collating his findings into a master document.  I have
always held a major criticism of his work though.  His text needs badly
and editor to improve the syntax.  Many passages in his book make little
sense, and it's no understatement to say he *abuses* parantheses,
detracting from the integrity of his statments.  In his defense, I have
heard that English is not his first language, so this is more the fault of
Hot Wacks for not hiring someone to make the book read as a more
professional statement.  Or maybe it's intended as an underground
production?

Just a thought,
Eric