New documentary 'Ron Delsener Presents' traces the life of the legendary New York concert promoter, and the man himself regaled us with his wild stories.
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And then there was me, Elton, and Harry Belafonte backstage. Elton was wearing a woman’s hat. He gave us all big hugs. Everyone loved it. From them on,I tried to book him there. They said, “We don’t want this kind of person. Is it a guy? Is it a girl?” I got this same kind of shit about Donna Summer. Then I had all this stuff about Pete Seeger. They said, “He’s a communist.” I had to fight all this stuff. I said, “I’ll sue you guys.
Sometimes you have to go through someone else. For instance, I did a show with Sly and the Family Stone in Central Park that I taped. My friend was managing Sly at the time. But when it was done, we couldn’t get the rights to my own film even though I paid him to do the show. But the stuff I have in my house is too much. It’s overwhelming. If you come in my house, you kind of step on it. It’s all over the place. I need an archivist to do this, so I went to Carnegie Hall. They have their own archivist. He showed me a list of all the
We went across the street after that to a famous hotel where the Kennedys used to stay. I was staying there and so was Judy Garland with Liza Minnelli and Joey [Luft], her son. It was just great. We sit down after the show in the rain. We congratulate each other. Judy drank vodka and had a couple of pills.
The press were there to interview the Beatles. Kids were outside screaming. They played Forest Hills for two nights after this. They landed in a helicopter. It was great, but it actually wasn’t great since you couldn’t hear a word they said. They were screaming. I heard them go, “What are we doing this for?” The fans didn’t give them a chance to sing. I felt bad about that.I used to try and get backstage since a lot of the gals wanted to meet him, but he wouldn’t see anybody.
It was the same thing with Johnny Depp. I booked him with Jeff Beck. People came just to see Johnny Depp. That’s all they care about. It’s that kind of thing.today. Who the hell gets $1,600 tickets? People like her don’t even need to sing to please the audience. They can show up, get a check, and go home. That’s what’s going to happen. I hope it doesn’t happen since live is where it’s at. Don’t watch television. Live is where it’s at. You want to see people in person.
Bruce always remembers Brewer and Shipley. Whenever I see Bruce, he brings that up. He also says, “Every time I open the paper, I see your name.” I go, “That’s called ‘marketing.’ You don’t need that though. I can open a window, yell ‘Bruce Springsteen is coming,’ and you’d sell out. That’s how big you are. I don’t have to take ads for you anymore.”
. Those shows demanded bigger prices since they brought so many trucks. Pink Floyd brought like 44 trucks when they came. It took all day to unload and we had to charge more. But those were extravaganzas. They weren’t just somebody singing with a guitar. This was an army. This was a real show. We had Pink Floyd playWhy do you think tickets got so insanely expensive across the board?
First of all, Eddie Vedder is great. He doesn’t want his fans to pay a lot of money for tickets. He’s very careful where he plays. He’s very careful what he charges. There are very few people like that. You can count the people on one hand that don’t want to rip people off. Me, that was never my thing.
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