They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock'n'Roll Audiobook (Free) | AudioBooksLoft

They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock’n’Roll Audiobook (Free)

Summary:

An eye-popping peek into entertainment industry in the magnetic force who spent some time working with an impeccable roster of stars throughout his storied career.

In the course of his legendary career like a manager, agent, and producer, Shep Gordon spent some time working with, and befriended, some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, from Alice Cooper to Bette Davis, Raquel Welch to Groucho Marx, Blondie to Jimi Hendrix, Sylvester Stallone to Salvador Dali, Luther Vandross to Teddy Pendergrass. He’s about They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Move to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Meals, and Rock’n’Roll also acknowledged with inventing the ‘superstar chef,’ and has worked with Nobu Matsuhisa, Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, Roger Vergé, and many more, including his holiness the Dalai Lama.

In this wonderfully engaging memoir, the charismatic entertainment legend recalls his life, from his humble origins as a ‘timid, zero self-esteem, Jewish nebbisher kid without ambition’ in Oceanside, Very long Island, to his unexpected rise among the most influential and respected personalities in present business, revered for his kindness, charisma-and fondness for a good time.

Gordon stocks riotous anecdotes and outrageous accounts of his free-wheeling, globe-trotting encounters with a number of the biggest celebrities of days gone by five decades, including his initial ending up in Janice Joplin in 1968, when the raspy singer punched him in the face. Told with matchless humor and heart, They Contact Me Supermensch is a sincere, hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the worlds of music and entertainment through the consummate Hollywood insider.