I had no idea who this guy was. After conversing with Ebie in the business office of Staples/The Crypt, I entered the outer ring, backstage but not a dressing room, where the hangers-on hang out. And this guy started talking to me. He looked like a guy I’d hang out with in college. His big […]

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GARY ROSSINGTON/LYNYRD SKYNYRD In April of 1987 I was working with Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon promoting concerts in Atlanta and still doing a little management. My old friend Gary Rossington and his wife Dale Krantz Rossington called me to say Amber Ertegun suggested they talk to me  about me managing their band Rossington. We […]

RIP Gary Rossington. Lynyrd Skynyrd have always been a favourite with me. After The John and Tony Smith business broke up they were the very first band I promoted in January 1976. One of the best and most memorable was when they played the Rainbow in Finsbury Park. It was their first show in London […]