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"For those of you that lived through the 60's yet still somehow managed to miss most of what went on (and your numbers are legion), Bill Graham was the Mike Todd of rock. For those of you just now reaching voter age, he was Harvey Weinstein times ten."
—from the Introduction
"Rock didn't set out to embody the contrapuntal howl of anguish and joy that most of us felt when we realized the long, long war was finally over. But Bill Graham...howled. He talked. He shouted. He harangued. He laughed. He threatened. He sang... The voice of the postwar Jew was a song. The song was a voice. The calm detachment of detail was lost... Bill was one of the great mavericks who redefined what freedom really meant in the U.S.A. A vital act because the American definition of freedom communicated itself to the rest of the world most effectively through movies, music, and theatre."
—from the preface by Pete Townshend |
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