RIP Herb Cohen
Herb Cohen, the tough, litigious manager and label operator who introduced such notables as the Mothers of Invention and Tom Waits during the ’60s and ’70s, died Tuesday of unknown causes in Napa, Calif.
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March 21st, 2010 at 12:36 pm »
And so, he received his contract…
March 21st, 2010 at 7:14 pm »
A quote from Cotti:
Or someone fulfilled their contract…
Besides FZ, Herb Cohen represented a lot of Los Angeles emerging 70s talent at one time or other – George Duke, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Lenny Bruce, and Linda Ronstadt.
March 22nd, 2010 at 2:21 pm »
Was he worse than Allen Klien?
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 pm »
I liked him
he was nice to me