A couple of weeks ago I was having dinner with a couple of music industry friends -- one who manages a few quite popular bands and another who founded a startup that streams concerts on the web -- and at some point the conversation turned to music streaming services like Spotify, MOG, Rhapsody, Rdio, Pandora, etc.

When I was a younger man, a man much older and wiser (maybe) once explained to me why I should never even consider stepping foot in the state of Tennessee.

Christopher Lee -- known for playing Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Count Dooku in Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith, and lots of crap Max Von Sydow turned down -- has recorded a metal concept album about Charlemagne with Italian power-metal band "Rhapsody".