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Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business

von Danny Goldberg

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A giant of the music industry grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of thirty0five years spent working with legends Danny Goldberg has been a hugely influential figure in the world of rock and roll. He did PR for Led Zeppelin; he managed the career of Nirvana; he ran Atlantic, Mercury, and Warner Brothers; he launched Stevie Nick's solo career. In Bumping into Geniuses, Goldberg grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of forty years spent working with legends, including Patti Smith, Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, Hole, Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt, the Eagles, Susan Blond, Michael Des Barres, Steve Earle, Led Zeppelin, and more. But there's more to this story than just Goldberg's varied career. It's also a look at the industry itself: a business that was complex and chaotic ? a mixture of art and commerce, idealism and selfishness ? and sometimes, rock's most gifted and influential musicians were able to transcend it all.… (mehr)

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I really enjoyed this book. It was fun to read about the backsides of so many successful musicians' stories, and enlightening to see how even among these stars success only came after the right combination of luck, hard work and perfect timing, an even the 'greatest' of them had massive failures that make mine pale by comparison. My favorite side of this book was the industry side, which may not appeal so much to everyone, but for folks like me trying to develop a career that supports music and musicians in the current music world, it is great to read about how it worked doing this sort of work in earlier eras of modern music. And I really have to check out Walter Zevon now- clearly alltheir efforts never reached me, because I'd never heard of him through any of Goldberg's efforts, but after reading so much about him, I'm a bit curious about his music. (

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JBarringer | Dec 30, 2017 |

The story of a rock journalist turned recording executive turned manager of artists. In parts, fairly dry but still an affecting, interesting read, especially if you are interested in the music business, and any of these artists: Patti Smith,
Warren Zevon, Steve Earle, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love. (

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nmele | Apr 6, 2013 |

Goldberg documents his career in the record industry - all of it in marketing and promotion. The book starts slowly with an Old Testament naming of of names and companies that had no meaning to me. A quarter of the way through a loose chronology develops, beginning with his work for Led Zeppelin. He does provide some insight into Curt Cobain's problems; however, given his work in Bonnie Raitt's comeback, and his close affiliation with Steve Earle, I had hoped to learn more about those artists. In fact my biggest problem with the book is that it gives you little insight into the artists, with exceptions of course of artists like Kiss as to whom there can be no insight. I also wish he had provided more insight into the rock critics - such as Hillburn and Christgau- who shaped my listening and buying habits. The writing ranges from poor to pedestrian at most. He could have used a co-writer. (

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A giant of the music industry grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of thirty0five years spent working with legends Danny Goldberg has been a hugely influential figure in the world of rock and roll. He did PR for Led Zeppelin; he managed the career of Nirvana; he ran Atlantic, Mercury, and Warner Brothers; he launched Stevie Nick's solo career. In Bumping into Geniuses, Goldberg grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of forty years spent working with legends, including Patti Smith, Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, Hole, Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt, the Eagles, Susan Blond, Michael Des Barres, Steve Earle, Led Zeppelin, and more. But there's more to this story than just Goldberg's varied career. It's also a look at the industry itself: a business that was complex and chaotic ? a mixture of art and commerce, idealism and selfishness ? and sometimes, rock's most gifted and influential musicians were able to transcend it all.

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