Remember kids! This was the early/mid ‘70s when Alice Cooper the stage persona was not a Halloween costume for toddlers, and the man himself not a Born-Again Christian Golfer. Libert says he learned a lot about the business watching Cooper’s manager, Shep Gordon (aka “Supermensch”) as he navigated outrageous press stunts and dealt firmly with everyone from venue managers to record execs to outraged parents.

And David Libert had to coordinate it all (not to mention hotel room, women and delivery of substances). Already a theatrical group with an image, each tour became more and more involved with props, costumes dancers, effects, and the still-in-his-show guillotine that beheaded the headliner, each and every night.

The bulk of the book distills Libert’s experiences on three Cooper tours for the Killers, School’s Out, and Billion Dollar Babies albums. So, when Alice Cooper’s booking agent Jonny Podell suggested that Libert become their road manager (despite not having any real experience), Libert excitedly started his second act. They scored several hits in the mid-‘60s including “See You in September,” “I Got Rhythm” and “Go Away Little Girl.” Not content with just singing, Libert worked to teach himself guitar and write as well.īut the crooning combo who were a clear throwback to another era quickly became (even after attempts at hip threads and longish hair) out of step with the era’s psychedelic and harder rock. But he got his start as a performer and founding member of vocal harmony group The Happenings. Books, out September 23).ĭavid Libert has spent most of his 50+ year career in music as a booking agent and manager. And that’s the case with the highly-entertaining and page-turning story of David Libert, Rock and Roll Warrior: My Misadventures with Alice Cooper, Prince, George Clinton, Living Colour, the Runaways, and More… (273 pp., $19.95, Sunset Blvd. Book cover With little to lose, truths can be told and utterly unique anecdotes can flow.

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