From today's NY Times:
"...just as CBGB is getting its due alongside John Lennon’s piano and Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, its ownership and legacy are being challenged by a lawsuit that has riven the family of its proprietor, Hilly Kristal, who died last year. Like the battle over the Brooke Astor estate — minus $100 million or so, but still worth plenty, thanks to the popularity of CBGB T-shirts — the case is filled with accusations of fraud and deception, and it adds a bitter coda to the story of a beloved New York institution." Continued here.
2 comments:
Yikes...I missed this! Need to stop skimming the Times...Thanks for posting.
Had heard some of these war stories from a very old friend of Hilly's from back in the day before the CBGB days...
I suppose it was inevitable...thats a lot of dough!
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