What’s the deal with Eddie Bo and Aaron Fuchs Tuff

[SoulOnIce]

Somebody needs to water truck some New Orleans stank up to his place.

K.

Nohijack, but this shot of the Midnight Movers Unltd is pretty sick!

These guys are looking pretty fuckin rugged! Too bad it's on that trash label.

I think that's what pisses me off about Fucks, too - he has all this shit I want to buy and hear, all that Eddie Bo ish, these dudes, Robert Parker - and not only do you not want to buy it because he is a worm, but the shit is so budget ass to begin with, he just pisses on everyone, the artists, his customers...damn.

It's sad, cause in this age, someone on a site like this, who is interested in and cares about the artist, could take this stuff and do it right, and sell it to the people who actually want it, to the benefit of the artists more than anyone else - but dudes like this have shit sewn up and just bottomfeed for four-figure returns on penny-ante garbage product...damn.

 

[SoulOnIce]

that living peice of anal detris is begging a kneecapping for a long time now

the soul funk justice leauge needs an emergency cabnet meeting to decide how when and who gets to merc him

I say we enlist The Disruptor, and let him use The Smasher on him!

 

[Mongo_Slade]

I think that's what pisses me off about Fucks, too - he has all this shit I want to buy and hear, all that Eddie Bo ish, these dudes, Robert Parker - and not only do you not want to buy it because he is a worm, but the shit is so budget ass to begin with, he just pisses on everyone, the artists, his customers...damn.

In general, I agree-- not only does he sound like a reprehensible dude, but his product is wack. One big exception was the recent Merda/Black Mer-Da CD reissue. "The Folks from Mother's Mixer." Not only were both of their albums on the CD, it had excellent liner notes about the otherwise pretty mysterious group and a number of photos. The graphic design was typical Tuff City bullshit, though, and I understand that the first run of CDs had a pressing flaw so that it's tricky to find. Nonetheless, I highly recommend it, even if it means giving Fuchs dollars.

 

[NOMRE]

This paragraph from a long article about N.O. musicians on salon.com:

In addition to the human toll, as well as ruined homes, clubs and
studios, and lost wages, some of the Crescent City's rich musical
history has doubtlessly also been washed away by Katrina. Aaron Fuchs
of the New York record label Tuff City estimates that half of the 250
or so reissued records in his catalog is music from New Orleans. After
releasing recordings by better-known artists like James Booker,
Professor Longhair and Eddie Bo, he had a line on scores of obscure
gems on tape stored in closets and packed in suitcases.

"There's no place that has more lost good music than that city," Fuchs
says. "There was so much music that was recorded that was deemed to be
'too New Orleans' when it came out. Most were four-song sessions in
those days. So the two songs that were put out were the ones that
sounded like the rest of the country. And the two that didn't come out
had like the rumba and all those cross-rhythms that are perfect for
our modern, post-hip-hop years. I was on the verge of all kinds of
findings. It's like I had just raised the Titanic and someone came
along and sank it again."

I GUESS FUCHS CAN'T GET HIS GRUBBY HANDS ON THAT NEW ORLEANS MUSIC ANYMORE....WHAT A SLEAZE BAG. ...AND YES, I KNOW EDDIE PERSONALLY, AND FUCHS RIPPED HIM OFF. IT'S TRUE....SAD TO SAY.

 

[oldnewsoul]

Yes, Aaron Fucks tricked Eddie. It was a soulless move that was only one in the line of Fucks' shady business deals. Here's proof that Fucks is soulless: THE "HOOK AND SLING" CD RELEASE WAS NEARLY 8 YEARS AGO. The man is not pushing a new (and pre-destined, scheduled pre-flood) product - he's hyping an old one in the list of this tragedy. Fucks doesn't care about Bocage's loss of home and property. He's too busy milking the NOLA flood for all he's got. And you can bet that he's currently trying to drain NOLA's artists with more terrible contracts to make cash from them when they need it the most.





So FUCK Aaron Fuchs.

There's very little that Fuchs won't do to line his wallet... A relative of Howie Tee has mentioned about workin' for Fuchs and Tuff City back in the '80s; instead of the plush office job he anticipated, he was movin' and stackin' boxes - Fuchs, intrigued by the growin' popularity of rap @ the time, started askin' about what breaks were popular and widely admired; armed w/ this information, he went about purchasin' masters/licenses, as evident w/ the Honeydrippers and 'Impeach...'... Yes, he's been in the game since the '60s (writin' liner notes I believe), but that doesn't preclude him from bein' one shady and sheisty mofo...

Aaron was the Soul charts editor for Billboard before starting Tuff City. He's notorious for fucking the careers of several artist, most notably the Cold Crudsh Brothers. they released " Fresh, Fly, Wild & Bold" on his imprint via Profile. there was a kicker that once the record reached a certain sales plateau that CC$ would become Profile artist. After the record sold 25k, Aaron pulled the plug, thus ensuring that the greatest true school group wouldn't see the success they deserved. Dude is a scumbag of epic proportions.

 

[meatyogre]

You know you're a scumbag, when you can mention a "most notable" career fuckover.

 

[fryer_motherfunk]

Some people dont deserve to walk around with the rest of us.

 

[ehuffman]

i've had the same problems with the fuckface and ebay. took like 2 plus months to pay....fucker.

 

[funky16corners]

OK...
Fuchs is a weasel, and runs a shitty (in all respects) reissue label.
A cursory look at the credits on the Eddie Bo reissues would suggest to me that Fuchs has to share the blame for fucking over Eddie (and God knows who else) with Al Scrammuzza, who, for some strange reason appears as the "author" of almost everything on the 'Hook & Sling' CD.
My take on this has been that the dealings were sketchy back in the day (how many of Eddie's great records have someone else - sometimes his wife - credited as composer), and that sketchiness has unfortunately rolled over into the reissue game. I get the impression that whatever paper contracts exist in regard to publishing of much of Eddie's early music are probably convoluted.
That said (I got those e-mails too), attempting to capitalize on the disaster in New Orleans is as fucked as it comes, and the guy ought to be ashamed of himself (though that seems unlikely).
I'm hoping that a benefit, specifically for Eddie Bo and his family gets started at some point. He lost his house and all of his belongings (including apparently some masters) in a house fire back in the 80's (I think), and apparently his family's house and restaurant were both destroyed by Katrina. The man deserves a break...

 

[tripledouble]

is there any revenge of the (record) nerds action we can take against fucks? address anyone?

 

[UMAD]

To the best of my knowledge, dude also purchased the rights to Impeach the President for less than $500. Then, to add insult to injury he went around trying to sue everyone (including Run DMC) who had sampled the break. He is a bottom feeding scumbag.

 

[On_the_Red_Clay]

is there any revenge of the (record) nerds action we can take against fucks? address anyone?

emailadress and ebay handle on blast is the first thing that comes to mind

 

[bull_ox]

"There's no place that has more lost good music than that city," Fuchs
says. "There was so much music that was recorded that was deemed to be
'too New Orleans' when it came out. Most were four-song sessions in
those days. So the two songs that were put out were the ones that
sounded like the rest of the country. And the two that didn't come out
had like the rumba and all those cross-rhythms that are perfect for
our modern, post-hip-hop years. I was on the verge of all kinds of
findings. It's like I had just raised the Titanic and someone came
along and sank it again."

I was really not looking forward to hearing stories like this... so much music, art and history swept into the ocean... absolutely depressing

 

merc him now

he is in nyc


someone give up the address



Eddie Bo needs to Put out all of his own shit on his own Label
regardless of the fucked contracts he has signed

soulstrut /freyer 45s/whoever else should come together and create a new label for dude to put his stuff out on





yesterday

For some reason, paypal's history search won't turn up his name. i'll have to do it by looking through all the payments.

K.

 

[BigSpliff]

What's wrong with you people????

If you want to find him go to his office. If you kill him, make sure to leave a few Caz and Mighty Maestro records for me. Oh, they have a vinyl cutter in the basement, get that too.

Now really, can't we just get back to raising money for NoLa??

F16corners knows the deal. Eddie Bo got ripped off by Scarramazzo, and as I said before, Fuchs compounded that fuck instead of helping Bo get back what he already lost a lot of. He's a shady maggot but with his lawyers he ownz you all.

I heard he lent Spoonie money while he was in jail for posession... well, didn't "lend" it per se, he took his publishing rights in exchange. Fuchs is like a 65 year old Suge Knight.

 

[NiteKrawler45]

If anyone really has beef and wants to discuss ethics with Aaron, I've got his office number. I was going to work with him on a DC project but I'm feeling a bit queasy from this info. I'll give it time to digest then see what I think. If he really treats artists like that......I don't want to be involved.

 

[BigSpliff]

No way you should work with him, he's a cunt and you'll be chasing him up for money. (See thread)

But you can learn a few tip from him about putting out comps. Make volume 1 hot, make vols 2-7 full of crap.

 

[funky16corners]

If anyone really has beef and wants to discuss ethics with Aaron, I've got his office number. I was going to work with him on a DC project but I'm feeling a bit queasy from this info. I'll give it time to digest then see what I think. If he really treats artists like that......I don't want to be involved.

There has GOT to be someone better than Aaron Fuchs...seriously...

 

[NiteKrawler45]

What I was doing wasn't money related it was just info and liner notes related. I think I'll pass on this guy.

 

[NiteKrawler45]

Just so you know, he contacted me about needing some info, it wasn't me asking him for anything.....rest assured, he won't be getting that info now.