has been doo-wop artists pissed that imposters take their name

there's an article up on cnn.com about how the Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill that will place an injunction on anyone impersonating a 50s or 60s doo-wop band, with civil penalties against the band and promoters of up to $15000.

see, the survivors of those bands lose their meal ticket when those impersonators show up claiming to be someone they aren't. the problem is, when i say survivors, i mean survivors. The Drifters and Coasters only have one surviving member each. and they are older than dirt. (Carl Gardner of the Coasters is 77, Bill Pinkney of the Drifters is 80.)

when only one member of a band plays somewhere, they aren't a band--they're a solo act. and when they are that old, imposter or not, they're going to suck.