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Rasheed better watch himself. The refs will be looking for him - even more so than usual. And he's usually not a hard guy to find.

Good thing Vlade Divac and Karl Malone are retired. If they were still around, they might not make enough to cover the fines for all of their flops.

Good point, Jack. I don't know the traditional source of "It Must Be Jesus" - if there is one. Then there's a whole other thing about who composed a song. W.C. Handy held the copyright on a lot of songs. Whether he composed all of them is another story. Thomas A. Dorsey might fall into that category also.

Just making the point that things went the other way that time, and that Sam Cooke - believe he owned his publishing before he died & it was sold - had the means to sue Don Robey if he wanted to. I'm surprised that Don Robey or whoever owned the publishing for "It Must Be Jesus" didn't sue Ray Charles' publishing company. If Robey did own the publishing, he certainly was known to use the courts, in addition to using using less subtle methods, to get what he wanted. And yeah - Ray Charles stole the tune he used for "I got a Woman". At least that's what I call it when you take something that someone else wrote and claim it as your own. As for "Crying of the Israelites" - as I say, there is no composer credit listed on the record, so I don't if there was any "thievery" involved. If Sam Cooke was paid for the use of his tune, then there probably wasn't - at least as far as financial compensation goes.

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Hadn't thought about a gospel into r&b thread - could be interesting. Going the other way - Inez Andrews and the Andrewettes recorded a tune called "Crying of the Israelites", which is Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" music with gospel lyrics. I'm pretty sure that this was recorded after "Chain Gang" came out, and, interestingly, it's the one song on the album (The Need of Prayer) with no composer or publishing credits listed. Guess Don Robey didn't want to get sued.

You're right - Fisher's foul was more obvious. I would hope that the refs wouldn't be that biased, but who knows? I am surprised that the NBA would have Joey Crawford officiate in a Spurs playoff game - especially after the flap that Tim Donaghy's lawyer has made in the press lately. Whether any of that is true or not, one would think that the NBA would want to avoid any hint of favoritism by its referees. You make good points, but I do realize that you're a Detrite fan who wants the Western final to go seven games.

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http://redkelly.blogspot.com/2006/01/jimmy...-pt-ii-sue.html Scroll down near the bottom of the page & click on the Southern Tones - "It Must Be Jesus".

Fisher committed the foul and Barry should have been given two free throws. If I were a Spurs fan, I'd be pissed. That said, maybe San Antone should look back on Robert Horry's cheap shot foul on Steve Nash in the semis last year, and see last night's non call as the chickens coming home to roost. Bruce W. - I remember that play well. I was rooting for the Bulls and remember being ticked off. However, I do feel that that call was an aberration. Can't recall many (any?) other important playoff games ending that way.

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Was gonna go with: W Wynton Crouch But that's an insult to Pres. Forget it. Pass.

I can highly recommend Son Cubano NYC - Cuban Roots New York Spices 1972-82 (Astralwerks) Recordings made for the Salsoul, SAR, Mericana, & Guajiro labels - Chocolate, Roberto Torres, Henry Fiol, Fernando Lavoy, Charlie Rodriguez, & others. Very fine compilation.

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