I didn't know Tommy played on this cd.

EMI owns most of Debarge publishing along with the rest of the Jobete roster, I think/I hope that they're getting their 50%, publishing deals are usually 50/50 split between artist and publisher, but when it comes to that as well as artists royalties, it depends on what kind of contract they signed back in the day, probably 70/30 or 80/20 split which is pathetic. As far as masters, that's a no brainer, big fat no. Very few artists own their own masters.

Yall aint playing with this DeBarge Thread!!! But may I say something about the incident where El got arrested for domestic violence charges. Wasn't that the girlfriend he was accused for those charges? The reason why I said that was I remember him saying in a interview he did in Chico's 9s magazine that he and his girlfriend had been going at all day and at times it got heated. She left that evening and he went to sleep. But early that next morning he woke up from some banging on his door and it was the cops. I supply the link for you.Here's a little of what he said in that article. I don't believe Monique was the one he was accused of beating up on. Unless the girlfriend is Monique and I doubt that. Again here's the link!!!


El is just coming off of a run in with the law, where he was hit with a domestic
charge that was later thrown out in court, but brought to the forefront a handful of
other unresolved issues from years back. El, now a free man talked candidly about
his arrest and brief stint in the county jail. “It was eye opening,” El said wiping down
the center island in his kitchen and pausing to explain that they had a Barbeque
earlier. There were still trays and containers of food on the stove and on the counter
behind him. El continued to recount his recent struggles, explaining that the alleged
fight was just a blow up between his girlfriend and him that “got pretty heated at
times.” He admits that it seemed to go on and on and by the end of the evening,
she was gone and he was exhausted. He says that he went to bed and was
awakened by a persistent banging at the front door of his Palmdale, CA home. It
was the police following up on a call that they had received alleging assault on his
girlfriend. El says that he remembers thinking “Oh this is great,” as he was arrested
and booked. But that was only the beginning of his legal woes. Once in the system,
the state found several prior offenses, and failure to appear charges that El had yet
to address in court. El laughs, I knew that I was going to have some time to cool my
heals.


http://www.the9smag.com/sept07.pdf

Thank you!!!!! Thank you for clearing that up! Aint nobody playing with this freakin thread.....Nobody is doing malicious gossip! El is so down to earth it is pitiful.....My niece met El in her apt building when she moved from Boston and he was cool as a fan. I am a BIG Debarge FAN! I am just a straight shooter I don't sugar coat nothing! El is straight hood and it's all good with me! Now I just found out Monique and his divorce is final, and she knows about the molestation and incest that goes on in that Debarge family. When their divorce was final she stated that she NO LONGER will lets the kids around El's family! I can't blame Monique PROTECT YOUR BABIES!!! El love's women that is just him, and he had another women when he was with Tracey the first wife. When things go sour El don't see the point in hanging around...Uhhh NEXT! This suspposed to be a thread to discuss the Debarges well hell let's do just that. I ordered the Kept Ones book...can't wait for it to arrive!!!

That book will heal a lotta hurting people that are going through the same thing!

Thank you!!!!! Thank you for clearing that up! Aint nobody playing with this freakin thread.....Nobody is doing malicious gossip! El is so down to earth it is pitiful.....My niece met El in her apt building when she moved from Boston and he was cool as a fan. I am a BIG Debarge FAN! I am just a straight shooter I don't sugar coat nothing! El is straight hood and it's all good with me! Now I just found out Monique and his divorce is final, and she knows about the molestation and incest that goes on in that Debarge family. When their divorce was final she stated that she NO LONGER will lets the kids around El's family! I can't blame Monique PROTECT YOUR BABIES!!! El love's women that is just him, and he had another women when he was with Tracey the first wife. When things go sour El don't see the point in hanging around...Uhhh NEXT! This suspposed to be a thread to discuss the Debarges well hell let's do just that. I ordered the Kept Ones book...can't wait for it to arrive!!!

That book will heal a lotta hurting people that are going through the same thing!

It ain't hard to find Bobby in the cover. The long-haired, light one right there on the keyboards and sitting down near the saxophonist!
[Edited 5/9/09 11:49am]

yepz ... ya never can't be too shure

You remember back in the day during the Busy Body tour with Luther Vandross the Debarges was opening for Luther. It was a four month stint. Luther walked in and caught Bobby Debarge sexually assaulting James Debarge? Of course Luther was shocked but didn't make a big deal about it because he was gay waaaayyyy back then. The Debarges image was not that innocent some of the dirt leaked out. Not everybody was young naive fans that only believed what we saw on T.V. Back then the Debarges overshadowed the ENTIRE tour people went fanatic crazy over them![i]