He says band members often strike tracks he wished would stay on the record, or alter them to the point that they no longer comport with his initial vision. [16] The list of singer/songwriters who disentangled from their former coworkers to seize a greater control of their destiny could fill a tome: Glenn Frey and Don Henley of The Eagles; Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin; Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko and Levon Helm from The Band; Gwen Stefani from No Doubt. [read post]

Jim Henley, Julian Sanchez (who takes the hard-line view), and Megan McArdle (and Part 2); McArdle points to vegetarian libertarian Robert Nozick's take. [read post]