Archive for 2020/11


More Boston

Re: BOSTON This was the most memorable musical encounter in my 12-year A&R career at Epic Records. One late afternoon my friend and colleague Lennie Petze brought Paul Ahern to my office and asked if I would listen to a cassette Paul brought him. We stepped into A&R head Steve Popovich’s office (Steve was out […]

Even More Covid

I am the mayor of Prince Edward County (PEC), a small municipality in eastern Ontario with a permanent population of 25,000. Our community is blessed with a vibrant winery and ecotourism economy as well as a rich historical and agricultural heritage, and 800 KM of Lake Ontario shoreline that includes some of the most notable […]

Bruce Allen-This Week’s Podcast

BTO, Loverboy, Bryan Adams, Michael Buble and more…Bruce Allen is a legendary manager who started out booking clubs in Vancouver and fifty years later is just as vital and integral to his acts’ careers as ever. Listen to hear how Bruce made it, and about his love of Elvis! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bruce-allen/id1316200737?i=1000498307345 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/The-Bob-Lefsetz-Podcast https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast

More Covid

Thanks for this Bob. I am a musician currently recovering from Covid.  I live in Nashville and have been playing live shows here in town 1-2 times a week.  I don’t know how I would pay my bills without the gigs.  There is no safety net for people like me. By the looks of Downtown […]