Greg You seem the right person to ask. What celebrity who started as an actor and then switched to music was the very BEST, and had the most success (if you get what I mean)?
I am blanking out on this, but I imagine there are quite a few. It seems there are a ton the other way around (singers who went on to decent acting careers). Or am I just wrong, and there aren't any? Bruce On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:37 AM, jbirddouglass <jbirddougl...@cox.net> wrote: > I was actually recommended to Billy Bob by a mutual friend for a slot as > guitarist in Billy Bob's band. In retrospect, I'm glad it didn't happen. (I > heard his CD...mmmmm-hmmm....). Not great. I think it would have been one of > those decent-paying-but-life-sucking gigs. I'm glad the final call never > came through in this case. > Didn't Keanu Reeves have some crappy band as well? Dog Star? And let's not > forget Juliette (Lewis) and the Licks. (Although they at least had one > killer tune, surprisingly enough.) > Greg Douglass > > Dave Rosen wrote: > >> Well, it's cool that he was a Famous Monsters fan but, gad, what a sulky >> baby! Another movie star playing at being a working musician (like Russell >> Crowe, Bruce Willis, etc and of course, most notoriously, Joaquin Phoenix). >> >> These guys would NEVER be able to front a band and their bands would NEVER >> get this kind of pr if it wasn't for their movie careers. >> >> Dave >> www.posteropolis.com >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Halegua Comic Art" < >> sa...@comic-art.com> >> To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> >> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:09 AM >> Subject: [MOPO] Billy Bob likes Famous Monsters and Forry >> >> >> >>> http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/09/billy.bob.thornton.interview/index.html >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: >>> lists...@listserv.american.edu >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely >>> responsible for its content. >>> >>> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: >> lists...@listserv.american.edu >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely >> responsible for its content. >> >> >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
