Eddie Vega
Marlowe B. West, Linda Norris, Jerry Brandt, Susan Weinstein, and Debra Pirolo - Jerry Brandt Book Launch
Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.
Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.
Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.
Marlowe B. West, Linda Norris, Jerry Brandt, Susan Weinstein, and Debra Pirolo - Jerry Brandt Book Launch
Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.
Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.
Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.