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I had a hit in the '80s with Johnny Dynell. The song was called “Jam Hot.” That was somewhat of a hit. I had a company called Acme Records. We released that and sold about 30 or 40 thousand copies of it which was a lot for an indie in those days. Then I got to the point where I thought, “I don't know. It's pretty difficult when you're not financed.” And I wasn't financed to do a label. So I thought to license what I own because there'll always be some interest in it and that'll keep me going. You know, I was always fairly frugal. I never had any need to live any high life. So that's what I did. In the '90s I had a couple of publishing hits. I co-published a Dolls song [“Human Being”] that Guns-N-Roses did on their album The Spaghetti Incident? I think that sold about five and half million copies for Guns-N-Roses. And that was considered their least record. I co-published a Suicide song that was in The Crow, “Ghostrider,” that Henry Rollins did a version of. So [with those] and licensing—and I sold off some things—that brought in money. I lived OK but I was not living the high life, like I said.You know I live in Roanoke, VA now. I moved out of New York. My daughter lives down here. She married a Virginian and she called me one day in New York and said, “You're not getting any younger and you're gonna be a grandfather soon. Why don't you think of moving down here and be part of your grandson's life?” And I thought about that and it made a lot of sense so I moved to Roanoke.In 2003 I moved down to Virginia, in 2010 I got ill. I had inner bleeding in my abdomen and I had an operation [where] I died on the operating table but they revived me.Oh my God.Yeah. And then I lost the use of my kidneys. Now I have to go to dialysis three times a week. I had to learn to rehabilitate my legs so I could walk again. Now, I can walk but with a cane. Now I'm 73 years old but I'm still interested in all the music and events taking place within the industry.By the way, I'm working—through Red Star Digital—with a band named Lola Dutronic. I think they're great. I've released two EPs so far. One is called Musiqueand the other one is New York Stories which was a collection of five songs from the '70s. We did Blondie's song “In The Sun,” The Fast's “Kids Just Wanna Dance,” [Johnny Thunders'] “You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory,” Suicide's “Keep Your Dreams”… and, you know, we got a great reaction to that. We hit charts all around the world. It was, like, number one in Greece. We have an album coming with them. They're a duo. He [Richard Citroen] lives in Tortonto and he makes all the music there. Then he sends it over to Berlin where [vocalist] Stephanie B puts her voice down and sends it back to him and he mixes it and molds it the way he wants it and that's it. It's really great stuff.It's kind of incredible that records can be made that way. [But] for all the changes in technology, and in the music industry itself, the fundamentals really haven’t changed.It's still all about the song.@gordonlamb