When Jason got booted by Lyor, I asked Roger Ames whether Flom was done. Ames said no, that the ability to spot and sign talent was rare, and once you developed it, you never lost it. Which is why Jason went on to sign Katy Perry at Capitol and Lorde and Greta Van Fleet at […]

I saw him and Gordon headlining on the Steel Pier at Atlantic City. What I did not know was the story of Paul McCartney finishing “World Without Love” for the duo. Peter tells it here. As well as going down into his family’s basement to hear the Fab Four’s “I Want To Hold Your Hand” […]

He’s not happy. But that’s the ethos of an artist, not a businessman. And we’ve all become business people. In the limited rock press, a fraction of what it is today, filled with press releases and the mass opinions of the great unwashed, Elliott Murphy got traction with his 1973 album “Aquashow.” But it was […]

How does a young fashionite lose his job after experiencing the first of numerous nervous breakdowns end up managing and producing the Rolling Stones? By doing publicity for the Beatles and knowing a great band when he sees one (and tying up with a more experienced partner to add gravitas). This was when Brian Jones […]