Band music and my uncle loved jazz. He always listened to jazz. That was the influences i had to. Was she a performer . No, my mother was the founder of the freedom wives. When you read my book it will blow your mind, about my mother. She was the star in my family, not me. I am just a representative of the hope, of a dream. It was kind of a new concept and you took a commanding position. How did that come about . My good friend, charles coughlin, he was chairman of the board of emi records for 15 years. We met by accident in Queens College night school and he had just taken over the job for hal evans music. If you were a writer, i already had a record out when i was 16, you know . I was signed when i was 16. I had a record out and then it died and nothing else happened. I ran into charles. You will crack up, this story. It is hysterical how it happened. We met. I had a demo and i played it for donnie. Here i am now signing all the music. Brian wilson. Great writers, all around. There i
All three of the criteria you mentioned about people interested in the book. I was definitely interested from a historical, musical perspective. Being a music writer for a long time. I wish id been there, but i was 12 years old, living in North Carolina at the time. So i didnt get to go, but now i feel like i was there from getting to spend so much time with michael and the book and all the incredible people i have got to meet that worked on woodstock with michael, whose stories are also part of the book. Tonight what we will do is talk a little bit amongst ourselves, for you guys to listen and be thinking of questions, because we will have time for questions at the end after we chat for a little while. I will go through a little bit of back story with michael, because like many people who were not at the festival, my impressions of woodstock were pretty much based on the film that came out in march 1970. Come to find out, when michael and i started working together on the real story,
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Mr. Kornfeld i wanted to be a baseball player. My mother always, i always loved music and my mother always had liked Benny Goodman for the lumbardos. The two brothers, they both had bands. She listened to big band music in my uncle of jazz. He was always listening to jazz. Those were the influences i had. Was your mother a performer . My mother became a very famous, she was the founder of the freedom rise. If you get my book, it will blow your mind about shirley kornfeld. Shes the star in my family, not me. Today, you are the star. Mr. Kornfeld i am just a representative of a dream. Capitol records was a new concept and you took a commanding position. How did that come about . My good friend charles called berman, who just sold his stock in martha stewart, chairman of the board of records for 15 years, we met, if you read my book, we met by accident at Queens College night school, and he had just taken over the job working for Donnie Kershner from evans kershner music. I had already ha
Manchester center, vermont in 2009. Its wonderful for us to be here in a state where we feel the spirit of woodstock still lives, and we know there is a woodstock here too. I have to say, i kind of fit all three of the criteria you mentioned about people interested in the book. I was definitely interested in the topic from a historical, musical perspective for a long time. I wish i had been there, but i was 12 years old, living in North Carolina the time, so didnt get to go. Now, i feel like i was there because of getting to spend so much time with michael and working on the book and all the incredible people that weve i have gotten to meet that worked on woodstock with michael, whose stories are also part of the book. Tonight, what we are going to do is talk a little bit amongst ourselves for you guys to listen in. Be thinking of questions because we will have time for questions at the end, after we chat for a little while. Im going to go through a little bit of back story with michae