Well; what I meant was to write letters to famous people; like perhaps teen celebrities etc; asking them to support this issue.
Theres's a lot of people who visit this board, most of them we never hear from- who don't tell us who they are, but there are a few musicians on this board that do!
Ed in UK who has played in a few bands
including One Minute Silence, and been all over Kerrang and other music magazines and toured all over Europe; UK and England..played on same tours as Marilyn Manson, System of A Down Etc.
.Roger Bunn who from his page : ".He was at the Star Club with the Beatles, recorded his demos at Apple Jammed with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Steve Winwood and Traffic. Was first lead guitar with Roxy Music, is on Billy Idol's"Got To Be Your Lover" video, took over the double bass chairwith the Blue Notes during their transition from township jazzinto the avant, Electric bassist with dance bands and Piblokto,the progressive cult band lead by Cream lyricist, Pete Brown, -Only bassist to record Paul Simon's hit "Angie" with it's composerDavy Grahm, played double bass for Marianne Faithful..." and is now the leader of the Music Industry Human Rights Association;
Leo Casino who from his page; "During his thirty-year career, "Mr. Casino
" has played with the likes of Dr. Lonnie
Smith, George Benson, Earth, Wind & Fire,
Timmy Thomas, Neil Diamond, Mitch
Ryder, James Brown, Wilson Pickett,
Eddie Floyd, Jimmie Hendrix, Spider
Martin, Jack McDuff, Carla Thomas,
Benny Latimore, Roberta Flack, Donnie
Hathaway, Shirley Scott, Diamond Tooth
Mary, David Keith, Don Johnson, Jaco
Pastorius, Neville Brothers, Bobbie Keys,
Robert Cray Band, Meat Loaf, Viola Wells,
Donna Summers, Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones,
Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
"Mr. Casino" has written and acted in numerous plays and musicals. Among the plays are "I am Innocent" performed in February 1990 and "Odyssey" performed in September 1991. His musical credits include "Land My Father Died" produced in December 1985 and "Funk Opera" in November 1995. Among his film credits are "Forsythe County" May 1989, "Soweto" June 1988, "East Of Overtown" in progress. He can also be seen in the 1987 German Film "Otto" and in a 1986 episode of "Miami Vice" as Slick."...
Actress / activist Susan Sarandon who has not been on the board (as far as I know!) has visited Jimmy Dennis support page; thanks to one of his US supporters who managed to get her support and a quote from her for Jimmy - see
www.jimmydennis.com for that...
Famous writer Howard Zinn has also visited Jimmy's page and extended his support to Jimmy...
thats all that I know of at this point....
for the board members that i mentioned above...autographs guys??
Seriously though; the most important thing about these famous people...quote unquote...is that; like all of us; they are terribly concerned about other human beings, all of us here are the same and here for the same reasons.
You can do just as much as anyone can!
including One Minute Silence, and been all over Kerrang and other music magazines and toured all over Europe; UK and England..played on same tours as Marilyn Manson, System of A Down Etc.