I was just reading about Rob Parissi, the Wild Cherry frontman who wrote “Play That Funky Music”:

“Play That Funky Music” was sampled by Vanilla Ice in 1990 (for which Parissi was not credited; he later won $500,000 in a copyright infringement lawsuit)…

Now they tell me. I could have written a song for Vanilla Ice to illegally sample. Instead I chose to do my own cover of “Play That Funky Music”. What can I say? I love that song!

Lucky for me, I’ve got friends like Doug Fergus. Doug plays a mean bass, and he’s been promoting his new act, Naked in Public. Somehow Doug got in touch with Rob Parissi, and told him there’s this guy who does a ukulele cover of “Play That Funky Music”. Parissi was intrigued and asked to see any available video.

What the heck. A fellow could do lots worse than to have Vanilla Ice’s problems. Rob Parissi? Don’t mind if I do!