Joey Ramone's family are in dispute with New York based producer Daniel Rey over session recordings the former Ramones frontman recorded before his death in 2001. The Ramone family claim Rey is holding the recordings hostage, and that he should return the tapes to the family for safe keeping. However Rey argues that he is happy to return to tapes providing the family agree to release the tracks as a collection of demos. Rey not only produced the tracks on the tapes, but also played most of the instruments. He told reporters this week: "It has nothing to do with money. I'm just concerned with protecting Joey's musical legacy. These should be released as an album of demos. This is stuff that me and Joey did together."
Jul 15, 2004
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Ramone family accuse producer of holding Joey Ramone recordings hostage
The Ramone family are in dispute with producer Daniel Rey over session tapes Joey Ramone recorded before his death, with Rey offering to return them if released as demos.