LETTERS

The musical eyeballs and ears of America are now focused on Detroit. With the recent recognition of the MC5 by Time, Rolling Stone and the New York Times, the new music is to come out of Detroit.

With other top Detroit groups, such as the SRC, Bob Segar System, and the Amboy Dukes, the Detroit musical scene is now where it’s at. But how long can we keep Detroit, now a truly beautiful musical scene, from becoming another Boston? Or for that matter, another L.A. or San Francisco?

Boston, just a little while ago, was going to be “The Boss-town Sound” for all America to feast their ears upon. MGM poured money into the paws of inexperienced groups that were to become the sound of Boston. MGM lost thousands; most of the loss came from1 the Boston branch. The president of MGM fired the whole board of directors at Boston, and replaced them with new men who were put on a restricted budget.