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Here are a few odds and ends that have popped up around the Internet
that show the poisoned and deceitful heart of Gilbert Walker III esq.


In early August of 2007, Lissa made this post to the Expecting Rain board:

I just wanted to post this to everyone who was wondering what was going on at bobsboots.com I have posted this on a few different topics. Craig Pinkerton, the founder of bobsboots, was injured in an accident and will be out of commission for a while. He is unable to walk and will be down for at least another two months. The dr said the prognosis is good and he should be able to walk again, although, it may never be the same. He is home now, receiving home health care and although he is in a great deal of pain, he insisted on being able to continue to work on bobsboots.com as he cares so much for this site.

Well, unfortunately, I went through some trouble in order to get his system moved into his home. The first step meant taking it to the computer store to allow them to update his system to allow wireless routing and wireless keyboards (as he is mostly in the prone position and cannot move to a desk.)
When taking the computer to the store, i went into great detail as to what needed to be done in order to keep the site intact.
Unfortunately, the repairman wiped out all of the programs bobsboots.com was operating with.

So, now we are at a double tragedy, with Craig's injury and losing the site. I am trying feverishly to pull together some of these older programs that the site was built on, but have been unsuccessful as to find them yet.
Please keep Craig in your prayers as we are all wishing him a speedy recovery.
As always, thank you for your support of bobsboots.com

Sincerely,
Lissa

For no other reason than to be cruel, and spread more lies, monica's dude (Gil Walker) replied:
monicasdude
Craig and Lissa Pinkerton are low-grade con artists who've been making a living for nearly a decade by scamming gullible Dylan fans. There's no reason to believe this story is true; it hasn't been that long since Craig posted a phony sob story about Lissa being laid up with a serious heart condition (at the same time, as I recall, that she was vigorously singing bobsboots' praises on this board without revealing that she was his wife and business partner. It's interesting that Craig was logging into his MySpace pages even while he was confined to his hospital bed and computerless.

(Does anybody really believe that "the repairman erased my hard drive" story? What, no backups? No installation discs? What are these mysterious special programs? All you need to maintain a website are Notepad, a freeware image editor, a freeware browser, and a freeware FTP uploader. Maybe his dog ate his homework, er backup discs!)

It hasn't been that long since Craig and Lissa extracted thousands of dollars from gullible fans with phony "raffles" on the bobsboots site, didn't even pretend to award the prizes for at least two years (citing Lissa's phony illness as their excuse) -- then "awarded" the most valuable prize to a late entry, a name that hadn't posted to any Dylan boards for three years and hasn't been heard from since. a pretty obvious scam.

It hasn't been too long since Craig posted advertising for and otherwise supported a crooked boot seller who forced down several prominent fan artwork sites (in part by including contact information for their operators in its Ebay listings).

It hasn't been so long since Craig Pinkerton filed a fraudulent copyright claim including the contents of my Field Recordings Guide site, and has tried to have my site shut down. Failing at that, well -- it's not much of a secret any more that I'm a practicing attorney, and that I've devoted a considerable amount of time to helping traders/collectors who've ended up in legal trouble with customs authorities, ISPs, etc. Learning of this, late last year Craig filed a fraudulent complaint trying to have me disbarred -- and, out of pure meanness, included formal allegations against several other lawyers active on various Dylan-related Internet sites, for no offense other than having associated with me. After considerable inconvenience and cost to me, the charges were thrown out, with the disciplinary board declaring that Craig's claims were either unsupported by credible evidence or not credible on their face.

And it's not a coincidence that this new sob story -- soon to be followed, no doubt, by a new plea for donations -- comes upon the expiration of a deadline for Craig's ISP to remove various pages detailing his phony complaints from the bobsboots site, as well as other copyright violations.

Craig is a dishonest guy, a ripoff artist, a pettily nasty, evil guy. He sells boots off his site (but pretends that because he calls his 25$/disc charge a "donation" it's legal, and he's a nice guy. He posts phony "reviews" written by the crooked boot sellers who advertise on his site, and makes a point of running down the tapers who actually created and freely distributed the recordings that his partners-in-slime dishonestly repackage and sell.

Here's how Gilbert Walker's lies affects others who do not even know us.
These are some replies to his post:

2005jonesd
I tell you what, I haven't got a goddamn clue whats going on, but i LOVE IT. its like an online episode of ally mcbeal, what with all the ameteur lawyers talking trash, and teary declarations of honesty from each side.
(as far as I can see, btw, the Pinkertons are probably talking out of their bee-hinds, but Im not 100 percent certain.)
I don't think that other guy is lying.
I need some popcorn or somthing.
Claudette
Hey Joneseeee.....I was just thinking the same thing......I was like.....hhhhmmmmm
this is getting interesting......must stay tuned!!!
Addeax
bad world!
karlerik (this post is from Karl Erik... the site moderator)
Don't charge people for giving them access to Dylan boots.
(It seems bobsboots ask for $25 to set newbies up as traders.)
Nobody should make money on bootlegs with the technology available today.
Templar
you [2005jonesd] deserve a standing ovation
Callahan (finally, an actual patron of our site writes...)
I go to Bobboots from time to time and I've never seen them selling anything.
It seems mostly informational, to me. I think it's a great resource.
OK, Here we go again....
My response to this....

Craig and Lissa Pinkerton are low-grade con artists who've been making a living for nearly a decade by scamming gullible Dylan fans.
First of all, Lissa M. (Not P.) started working at bobsboots.com only 3 or 4 years ago. Gilbert simply makes up a statement that sounds incriminating, and then spreads it everywhere. Those that read it take it as truth, so the lies spread on.
There's no reason to believe this story is true;
Yes, the story is true. Photos are on the Internet, but I've already established the character of Gilbert Walker. I'm not going to re-prove the story on this format.
it hasn't been that long since Craig posted a phony sob story about Lissa being laid up with a serious heart condition
It was as serious as a heart attack. The story is true as well. All are verifiable through medical records if there is ANYONE at this point that still honestly believes this person. How low can a human being actually fall? Gilbert has no way of knowing the truth of this matter. To make up the lies that he does about someone in such an unfortunate condition is unforgivable.
 (at the same time, as I recall, that she was vigorously singing bobsboots' praises on this board
There are others that can post for us, just as there are laptop computers.
without revealing that she was his wife and business partner.
She was neither. Those that visited the site from the beginning will remember my wife... Kerry. She entered typed information into the site, and answered emails. She has never been a business partner. 
It's interesting that Craig was logging into his MySpace pages even while he was confined to his hospital bed and computerless.
Thanks for visiting my MySpace, Gil! I didn't know that you cared so. Truth is, It's a ghost writer. I didn't create it, and I never go there. It is in the hands of one I trust to speak for me, however.
(Does anybody really believe that "the repairman erased my hard drive" story? What, no backups? No installation discs? What are these mysterious special programs? All you need to maintain a website are Notepad, a freeware image editor, a freeware browser, and a freeware FTP uploader. Maybe his dog ate his homework, er backup discs!)
To someone who has a free 'web builder' type of site, or no site at all, he sounds as if he knows what he's talking about. He has a free site at angelfire, and I remember a time when he was asking for help as to how to even operate that. bobsboots.com is a massive site that cannot be served by a free FTP program. Although bobsboots.com uses an FTP for minor upload, it also requires a massive capacity synchronization program. There is only one that can carry the demand. Netload. Unfortunately, it is no longer produced. Along with two HTML programs, I use the WYSIWYG composer from netscape that has long been unavailable. I know that Mozilla carries a version, but it is tweeked differently. Some backup files (not programs) are locked in iomega zip files. Where do you get the toolbox these days? I could go on and on, but the point is established.
It hasn't been that long since Craig and Lissa extracted thousands of dollars from gullible fans with phony "raffles" on the bobsboots site, didn't even pretend to award the prizes for at least two years (citing Lissa's phony illness as their excuse) -- then "awarded" the most valuable prize to a late entry, a name that hadn't posted to any Dylan boards for three years and hasn't been heard from since. a pretty obvious scam.
It was not a scam. His statements are incorrect, but I've defended this contest elsewhere on this site.
It hasn't been too long since Craig posted advertising for and otherwise supported a crooked boot seller who forced down several prominent fan artwork sites (in part by including contact information for their operators in its Ebay listings).
Once again, I've grown tired of this one. Although, it's interesting to note that this 'crooked boot seller' (He's neither) was a 'wonderful guy' when he was supplying information to the monica's dude website. Once he sent information to us, he became crooked! Bill's attacks against him became so violent that he drooped out of sight.
It hasn't been so long since Craig Pinkerton filed a fraudulent copyright claim including the contents of my Field Recordings Guide site, and has tried to have my site shut down.
yawn..................................   see an earlier response to this
Failing at that, well -- it's not much of a secret any more that I'm a practicing attorney, and that I've devoted a considerable amount of time to helping traders/collectors who've ended up in legal trouble with customs authorities, ISPs, etc.
Learning of this, late last year Craig filed a fraudulent complaint trying to have me disbarred -- and, out of pure meanness, included formal allegations against several other lawyers active on various Dylan-related Internet sites, for no offense other than having associated with me.
been there.... done that.... bought the t-shirt. What nobody will ever buy again are the lies of a corrupt attorney. I've known his identity for years. I included no other name. Gilbert introduced those names into the complaint in his response.
After considerable inconvenience and cost to me,
What cost? He filed a lie filled response that started naming names of the board of New pony for no reason what-so-ever. They had done nothing to deserve being exposed in that manner.  How much could that have cost? Or would he rather us believe that the expense was in obtaining competent representation?
 the charges were thrown out, with the disciplinary board declaring that Craig's claims were either unsupported by credible evidence or not credible on their face.
Incorrect. We've already established the truth on this one.
And it's not a coincidence that this new sob story -- soon to be followed, no doubt, by a new plea for donations --
We have NEVER had a 'plea' for donations. He posted these lies over six months ago. Where are the pleas?
comes upon the expiration of a deadline for Craig's ISP to remove various pages detailing his phony complaints from the bobsboots site, as well as other copyright violations.
The deadline of which he speaks was his failed attempt to remove us from the Internet. We've been through this already. By the way, Gilbert, it was our 'host' that you lied to in an attempt to get us shut down. An ISP sells you availability to browse on the Internet.
Craig is a dishonest guy, a ripoff artist, a pettily nasty, evil guy.
Of course, by this point, the reader will gladly be substituting 'Craig' with 'Gilbert Walker III Attorney At Law"
He sells boots off his site
Never once. Gilbert should know better. He's run a scam for years of sending 10 - 15 fake requests each month to our mailroom, using a new email address with each, in an attempt to gather information of selling to use as evidence against us. There was never a sell, because we don't sell CDs or CDrs. This site is regularly visited by multiple thousands. We get hundreds of requests to buy bootlegs. Wouldn't one other person, somewhere in the world, somewhere on the Internet be able to claim that they bought a bootleg from our site were it so? Think about it.
 (but pretends that because he calls his 25$/disc charge a "donation" it's legal, and he's a nice guy.
Been through this one too. see an earlier response to this
He posts phony "reviews" written by the crooked boot sellers who advertise on his site,
What a LIAR! If the review carries my copyright notice, I reviewed it!
and makes a point of running down the tapers who actually created and freely distributed the recordings that his partners-in-slime dishonestly repackage and sell.
When have I EVER run down anyone? This site was not intended as a site for CDr or tape traders, but since they flocked here, I gave them a home that I pay for. I have no partners. Once again, his true colors come out in regards to commercial boots.

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Here is yet another recent example of Gilbert's malicious antics found posted here: http://expectingrain.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=125574&highlight=#125574

DVDylan is nothing like Bob's Boots; it's a real insult to a generous, hardworking guy like vygi to compare him to a ripoff artist like the guy who runs Bob's Boots. DvDylan doesn't charge gulklible Dylan fans $25 a pop to set up "special" deals for stuff they could otherwise get for free. DVDylan isn't full of content stolen from fansites with fake copyright tags stuck all over them. DvDylan doesn't sell advertising space to crooked boot dealers. DvDylan doesn't run down fans who do tons of work to distribute really neat stuff, and lie that the fans copied it from the bootleggers (who stole it from the fans to begin with). As the guy who actually wrote more than half of the Bobsboots CD pages, and had his work stolen by a lying, corrupt parasite who makes his living swindling music fans in general and Dylan fans in particular, I'd advise you to stay away from Bobsboots and stick to reliable, honest fansites for your information. You don't have to use my Field Recordings Guide (even though it does cover more than twice as many coimmercial items as Bobsboots does, and more than 10 times as many Dylan recordings over all.) There are enough honest Dylan fans out here who are happy to help you that nobody needs to turn to a sleaze like Pinkerton for anything Dylan-related.
"I am William J. Clinton, and I approve this message."

OK, One last time, Then I'm going to stop. His venom is spit far and wide across the Internet. I'm going to spend no more time defending myself. If this website hasn't convinced you of what a miserable human being that Gilbert Walker III (Bill 2 monica's dude) is... then nothing will. Here is one more of his posts that I will defend... for the road.

DVDylan is nothing like Bob's Boots; it's a real insult to a generous, hardworking guy like vygi to compare him to a ripoff artist like the guy who runs Bob's Boots.
After reading this website, do you really think that anyone would want to be compared with monica's dude?
DvDylan doesn't charge gulklible Dylan fans $25 a pop to set up "special" deals for stuff they could otherwise get for free.
yada yada yada.....
 DVDylan isn't full of content stolen from fansites with fake copyright tags stuck all over them.
He is correct there.
DVDylan is nothing like monica's dude.
 DvDylan doesn't sell advertising space to crooked boot dealers.
Can you tell that I'm getting bored at this point?
 DvDylan doesn't run down fans who do tons of work to distribute really neat stuff, and lie that the fans copied it from the bootleggers (who stole it from the fans to begin with).
Once again, Bob Dylan's and bobsboots.com's business is all about the fans. No one runs them down but Gilbert Walker.
 As the guy who actually wrote more than half of the Bobsboots CD pages,
Here's a new one. Half? As GOD is my witness... Gilbert Walker III NEVER CONTRIBUTED ONE WORD to bobsboots.com. Is anyone truly going to seek out this guy to represent them in legal matters once this page hits the top of the google search engine? This revelation will surely cost him monetarily. That is the true definition of LIBEL... written lies or false information that costs one monetarily. Were I misleading about even one word on this website. Attorney Walker would sue me in a heartbeat.
 and had his work stolen by a lying, corrupt parasite who makes his living swindling music fans in general and Dylan fans in particular,
Work stolen? Then why hasn't he sued rather than spending his time lying about this ridiculous 'theft' all around the Net?
I'd advise you to stay away from Bobsboots and stick to reliable, honest fansites for your information. You don't have to use my Field Recordings Guide
That's an understatement. Not if you're seeking honesty.
 (even though it does cover more than twice as many coimmercial items as Bobsboots does, and more than 10 times as many Dylan recordings over all.)
Wrong.
 There are enough honest Dylan fans out here who are happy to help you that nobody needs to turn to a sleaze like Pinkerton for anything Dylan-related.
This, dear reader, is perhaps the final statement that you will read on this website. Being so, I think you now know who the true sleaze is
"I am William J. Clinton, and I approve this message."
No.... You are "Gilbert Walker III corrupt attorney at law"
Don't like the title?       
Sue me.

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