EPISODE · Jun 1, 2018 · 1H 1M
Episode 34: Dave Lory
from Mark and Me Podcast · host Mark and Me Podcast
Last GoodbyeOn this episode we talk to Dave Lory. Dave Lory has worked in entertainment for over 35 years. Starting as a drummer and tour-manager, he rose to becoming a respected artist manager, record executive, and event producer working in rock, country and rap. Apart from Jeff Buckley, Lory helped guide the careers of the Allman Brothers, Courtney Love, and Duncan Sheik. As an executive at Mercury and Artemis Records he worked with Bon Jovi, KISS, Shania Twain, Def Jam, and Warren Zevon. His event productions include the New Music Seminar and the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards. He was a founding member of the Music Managers' Forum and has lectured in music business at William Patterson University and New York University. For the first time since Jeff Buckley's untimely death on May 29, 1997, his manager Dave Lory reveals what it was like to work with one of rock's most celebrated and influential artists. Go on the road and behind the scenes with Jeff, from the release of his debut EP Live at Sin-é to the second album Buckley never completed.This is an extremely intimate interview and we hope you enjoyPlease support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/MarkandmeThe book Jeff Buckley: From Hallelujah to the Last Goodbye is out now
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Last GoodbyeOn this episode we talk to Dave Lory. Dave Lory has worked in entertainment for over 35 years. Starting as a drummer and tour-manager, he rose to becoming a respected artist manager, record executive, and event producer working in rock, country and rap. Apart from Jeff Buckley, Lory helped guide the careers of the Allman Brothers, Courtney Love, and Duncan Sheik. As an executive at Mercury and Artemis Records he worked with Bon Jovi, KISS, Shania Twain, Def Jam, and Warren Zevon. His event productions include the New Music Seminar and the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards. He was a founding member of the Music Managers' Forum and has lectured in music business at William Patterson University and New York University. For the first time since Jeff Buckley's untimely death on May 29, 1997, his manager Dave Lory reveals what it was like to work with one of rock's most celebrated and influential artists. Go on the road and behind the scenes with Jeff, from the release of his debut EP Live at Sin-é to the second album Buckley never completed.This is an extremely intimate interview and we hope you enjoyPlease support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/MarkandmeThe book Jeff Buckley: From Hallelujah to the Last Goodbye is out now
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