back in the mid/late 80's, a friend of mine house sat for Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, and he found a demo tape of the material for the then unreleased "Steel Wheels". He swiped it, made copies, returned it and we all had copies of the album prior to release...
just goes to show, it could have been anybody...
as to the Chris stuff, I, too, have heard Chris being knocked over the years but around Stevie solo tour time, you always hear stories of people who actually meet him always say how nice he is..open and willing to talk to fans. So I will reserve my personal judgement until when and if I ever meet him. But it's just an old habit to pick on Chris for his merchandising capabilities that FM/Stevie Fans have, but I think Jonathan Todd has replaced him as the fan's whipping boy...
dissention...Jessica Leigh is a long time member of the Ledge and is also very generous with her fellow fans...I think we should leave their discussion between them...
