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Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... — Content Guide for Parents

By Glenn BergerSchaffner Press, IncorporatedISBN 9781943156085320 pages
Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More...

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  • ProfanityBrief
  • Sexual contentBrief

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  • Violence
  • Scary content
  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Gender roles

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  • Gender & orientation
  • Gender & orientation: The reviews of this music-industry memoir do not mention any LGBTQ+ characters or content, but they do not cover the whole book.

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Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

In 1974, at the age of seventeen, author Glenn Berger served as "Schlepper" and apprentice to the legendary recording engineer Phil Ramone at New York City's A&R Studios, and was witness to music history on an almost daily and nightly basis as pop and rock icons such as Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Frank Sinatra, Burt Bacharach, Bette Midler, and James Brown performed their hit-making magic, honed their sound, strutted their stuff, bared their souls, and threw epic tantrums. In this memoir, full of revelatory and previously unknown anecdotal observations of these musical giants, Glenn recounts how he quickly learned the ropes to move up from schlepperhood to assistant to the tyrannical Ramone, and eventually, to become a recording engineer superstar himself. Not only is Never Say No to A Rock Star a fascinating, hilarious and poignant behind-the-scenes look of this musical Mecca, but Berger, now a prominent psychologist, looking back through the prism of his youthful experience and his years working as a counselor and therapist, provides a telling and honest examination of the nature of fame and success and the corollaries between creativity, madness and self-destruction.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    A review quotes the book as calling one star "an obnoxious little prick"; the sources do not say how often swearing appears. Reviewers say the memoir includes a sexual encounter with a singer that was cut short, a humorous teenage 'sexperience' story, and sex and drugs as part of the 1970s music scene.

  • Does Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... have scary content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... have profanity?

    Found (Brief): A review quotes the book as calling one star "an obnoxious little prick"; the sources do not say how often swearing appears.

  • Does Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... have sexual content?

    Found (Brief): Reviewers say the memoir includes a sexual encounter with a singer that was cut short, a humorous teenage 'sexperience' story, and sex and drugs as part of the 1970s music scene.

  • Does Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Never Say No to a Rock Star In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More... have gender & orientation?

    Couldn't confirm: The reviews of this music-industry memoir do not mention any LGBTQ+ characters or content, but they do not cover the whole book.

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