As readers of my blog saw recently, I am a fan of a semi-obscure rock group called the Shazam(http://gischeleman.com/…e-shazam/). When I wrote that earlier post, I realized I did not have one of their CDs, called "Rev9" for their more-interesting-than-I-thought-it-would-be cover of the Beatles' "Revolution #9."

I was happily surprised to see that, when the CD arrived, it was autographed by Hans Rotenberry, lead singer and songwriter of the group. Very cool-- unexpected. Did the Web site say they were autographed? I had no recollection, but looking back, it did say that. Why wouldn't any independent musician-- or heck, even a famous one -- do that, going the extra mile for the fans for just a small amount of effort?

Anyway, this CD is going right next to my autographed copy of the Move's (http://www.themoveonline.com/home.html) "Shazam" CD (obviously, the Move was an inspiration for the band "the Shazam). For that story-- it was autographed by the singer, the late Carl Wayne. I bought it on eBay, but got a great story from the seller about working backstage at a show by the hollies, for whom Carl Wayne was singing at the time. Nice to have the story behind something like that.