Talking Heads manager Gary Kurfirst passes
p2pnet news view Music:- Gary Kurfirst, manager for The Ramones, Talking Heads, Eurythmics, died while he was on holiday in Nassau, Bahamas, says garykurfirst.com.
“He first opened the doors to the infamous Village Theater, later known as the Fillmore East, in 1967, where he promoted the East Coast debuts of Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, the Who, Janis Joplin, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page’s Yardbirds,” says the post, going on »»»
In the ’70s and ’80s, Kurfirst helped usher in the punk and new wave era in music by managing punk icons the Ramones, art-rockers Talking Heads, the B52s, Blondie, Deborah Harry, Annie Lennox’s Eurythmics and Jane’s Addiction. He had two of his management clients, the Heads and Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the only manager to have that distinction.
He also produced three feature-length films in the Heads’ Stop Making Sense, directed by Jonathan Demme; the satire True Stories, directed by David Byrne; and Siesta, directed by Mary Lambert and featuring Jody Foster, Ellen Barkin, Isabella Rossellini and Martin Sheen, as well as a soundtrack by Miles Davis, says the story.
Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth are qoted as saying:
“Gary Kurfirst has been our manager since 1977. He never failed to take care of business for us. He protected us. He allowed Talking Heads to be Talking Heads while he took the blows that the music business dealt us. Together we suffered heartbreaks and celebrated great triumphs. Gary truly was the fifth Talking Head. We were very close friends and we will miss him terribly.”
He was only 60 when he died.
garykurfirst.com – Kurfirst passes, January 14, 2009
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