Indeed. That being said, I prefer this cover they did of a different song by the Rolling Stones (one of my dad's favourites).
This live version by James Dean Bradfield is superb:
If I am not mistaken, the Smith/Kotzen albums have been recorded at home studios, which reduces costs significantly. Furthermore, I seriously doubt they are losing money with the tour...
Steve definitely subsidises the whole British Lion thing, but I doubt that is the case with Smith/Kotzen and Bruce's solo career, which attract many more people to their shows.
I think the income from those after dinner corporate events has died out (the "turning customers into fans" probably did not have that much of a lifespan beyond the initial novelty of having a rockstar speaking at your corporate event), hence the need to diversify charging fans for autographed...
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