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The Chitlin Circuit forced Black artists to perform for free
“If you were a black artist and you had a single, you went to Cleveland, you played a concert for a promoter who was a partner with the radio station. They played your record. That's why you went and did it, not to get paid. You did it because if you didn't go,…”
Jimi Hendrix prompted Shep Gordon to begin managing Alice Cooper
“He said, are you Jewish? And I said, yeah, you should be a manager. And the Chambers brothers were sitting there, and he turned to Lester and said, is that band from Phoenix still in your basement? He said, yeah, you should tell them you found the Jewish guy t…”
Shep Gordon managed some artists for years having only met them once
“There are artists I managed that I met once in my life, twice in my life, who I managed for years.”
Shep Gordon managed all his clients without contracts, except Anne Murray
“Never had a contract with any of my artists. The only artist I ever had a contract with was Ann Murray, whose lawyer made me sign a contract. That's the only one I ever had a contract with.”
Advisors fiercely opposed Teddy Pendergrass's 'women only' concerts
“For Teddy Pendergrass, for women only shows, there wasn't a person in his life who didn't tell him he shouldn't do it. Lawyer told him he'd get sued. Record company told him he'd never sell a record to a male ever again.”