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Band Behind ‘Tiger King’ Music Lands Publishing Deal, Releases New Carole Baskin Song
Ellise Shafer editorLooks like the band behind the songs featured in Netflix’s wildly popular “Tiger King” are finally getting their share of the spotlight.Vince Johnson, one half of The Clinton-Johnson Band who wrote and performed the songs Joe Exotic tried to pass of as his own, has officially signed an exclusive worldwide licensing and distribution deal with BMG Rights Management and Create Music Group. The agreement covers such classics as “I Saw a Tiger” and “My First Love.”The deal was signed with entity the Vince Johnson Band, not the Clinton-Johnson Band, as Daniel Clinton, Johnson’s musical partner, died last year of a heart attack.
