Songwriters, execs 'shocked' over Music Row murder
Several Music Row execs and songwriters who know those involved in the weekend Music Row murder say they are shocked by what happened. (Check out the story just below.)
In fact, one exec is calling songwriter Rich Fagan’s homicide of music publisher Tom Oteri “an accident.”
“I can’t even imagine,” said ASCAP VP Ralph Murphy, who has know Rich and Tom for more than 20 years.
“He (Rich) wouldn’t hurt a fly. I mean, they’d find bugs and release them outside. There’s no malice in the man at all,” Murphy said.
Most knew Rich and Tom as best buds and roommates, practically inseparable on Music Row. The idea that one would kill the other baffles many who knew them.
“I am flipped out,” said songwriter Victoria Shaw (Garth Brooks’ The River), who has known them for 20 years.
I’m so sad and shocked. I can’t wrap my brain around it.”
