Never Say No to a Rock Star bookcover

Never Say No to a Rock Star

In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatatra, Jagger and More

Glenn Berger 

(Author)

Judy Collins 

(Preface by)
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Description

In 1974, at the age of seventeen, author Glenn Berger served as "schlepper" and apprentice to the legendary recording engineer, Phil Ramone, at New York City's A&R Studios. He was witness to music history on an almost daily and nightly basis as pop and rock icons such as Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Frank Sinatra, Burt Bacharach, Bette Midler, and James Brown performed their hit-making magic, honed their sound, strutted their stuff, bared their souls, and threw epic tantrums. In this memoir, full of revelatory and previously unknown anecdotal observations of these musical giants, Glenn recounts how he quickly learned the ropes to move up from schlepperhood to assistant to the tyrannical Ramone, and eventually, to become a recording engineer superstar himself. Not only is this book a fascinating, hilarious and poignant behind-the-scenes look of this musical Mecca, but Berger, now a prominent psychologist, looking back through the prism of his youthful experience and his years working as a counselor and therapist, provides a telling and honest examination of the nature of fame and success and the corollaries between creativity, madness and self-destruction.

Product Details

PublisherSchaffner Press
Publish DateJuly 01, 2016
Pages320
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781943156085
Dimensions8.9 X 5.9 X 0.6 inches | 1.0 pounds

About the Author

In 1973, at eighteen years of age, Glenn Berger began his apprenticeship at New York's world-class A & R Recording Studios under the tutelage of legendary music producer Phil Ramone. Quickly rising to prominence as a recording engineer, he spent the decade working with luminaries such as Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, and Frank Sinatra. He reached the apex of his career with his producing the soundtrack of Bob Fosse's Academy-Award winning film, All That Jazz. During his thirties, Dr. Berger found a new calling and became a psychotherapist. He currently practices in New York City, Mt. Kisco, NY, and around the world via Skype. He is a popular blogger on psychology and music: www.glennberger.net He is the inventor of apps for anxiety and anger, available on itunes under the name of "Shrinky." He is the winner of the 2015 Schaffner Prize for Music in Literature.

Reviews

"A fascinating and meticulously detailed virtual tour of life in the recording studio... also a collection of juicy thumbnail sketches of the show-biz titans..." DON SHEWEY Journalist, Author of Sam Shepard (biography)
"Glenn takes the reader to the universe of the great A&R studio in New York where some of the most memorable music of the past century was made. Congratulations, Glenn, you tell it the way it was. And I loved reliving it with you." JUDY COLLINS Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and author
"Glenn Berger's 'inside' stories of how some of the most important records of the 20th century were made are titillating, fascinating and essential to understanding the often unpredictable creative psyche that is responsible for great art. In a word, this " CHUCK GRANATA Author of Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording
"Like few books exploring the innards of the record business in its boom years, Glenn Berger's "Never Say No to a Rock Star" conveys the excitement of being present at the creation of some of the greatest pop and rock albums of the 1970's and 80's. His obs" STEPHEN HOLDEN Music and film critic
"This book is a delicious tonic for children of the 60's, 70's, 80's and children yet to come." KEVIN ODEGARD Guitar player on Blood on the Tracks; co-author, A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks
"What a trip. And we have a front-row seat!" ALLAN MOYLE Film Director EMPIRE RECORDS

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