Episode 8: The Gary Stromberg Conversation
How many people do you know that can say that they’ve worked with Ray Charles, The Rolling Stones and Charles Manson? The answer is none. You know actually none people that can say that until now. Meet Gary Stromberg. Gary is a fascinating individual. He got his start in film making , moved on to publicity with a very very short foray into recording producing with a homicidal maniac named Charles Manson. Shortly after that he produced one of the classic films of the 1970’s entitled “Car Wash”. Did I also mention he’s a best selling author who’s book “The Harder They Fall” is an incredible tail about fame and addiction. Mowo! got to sit down with his old pal Gary and talk some talk. We hope you enjoy it.CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO HEAR FROM A NICE JEWISH BOY ABOUT CHARLES MANSON…………..AND OF COURSE THE EPISODE.
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Gary mentions that the Charles Mansaon album didn’t have a label, but actually it was released by the NY indie label ESP Disk, which was originally set up to release things recorded in the esperanto language, but who got sidetracked and released music by Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra and The Fugs. One of the members of The Fugs was Ed Sanders, who wrote the definitive book on Manson, “The Family”
Duly noted Keith san! thanks for the info!
Stromberg did not produce LIE. LIE did have two songs recorded during his sessions. LIE was mostly recorded at Sound City in Van Nuys.
In Manson’s book, didn’t he say he had a three-way with Stromberg and his wife? Or was that someone else?