As a major US concert promoter Danny Zelisko has had a charmed life and, over the last 40 years, he’s promoted over 10,000 major concerts for the biggest artists in the world from Chuck Berry to Bruce Springsteen and everyone in-between!
His autobiography ALL EXCE$$ Occupation: Concert Promoter reveals behind-the-scenes stories as a promoter for the likes of Alice Cooper, Sir Paul McCartney, and Van Morrison through Led Zeppelin.
“This book is one hell of a ride from a guy who’s had one hell of a life,”said Judas Priest’s Rob Halford. Whereas Roger Water wryly noted of it: “I particularly like the photo of you with the big box of cash after the Pseudo-Floyd gig…”
Zelisko’s first paid job in the music industry was working security for Alice Cooper. He then shared an office with Cooper’s manager Shep Gordon, who became Zelisko’s mentor and remains a good friend to this day.
ALL EXCE$$ Occupation: Concert Promoter tells Zelisko’s story: sometimes scary, sometimes emotional and sometimes unbelievable. But always interesting! He takes you both on stage and backstage with rock’s greatest stars, on the roller-caster ride of being a major concert promoter, giving you an insight into the music business like never before: the good and bad and the ugly; the deep friendships he’s made and the stories of working and dealing with rock’s biggest icons!
A must-read for anyone who loves rock, it will make you laugh; make you cry and make you gasp in disbelief at some of the things that happen – ‘in the daily life of a concert promoter.’ Zelisko brings you the stories you’ve never heard before about the artists and music you love.
Zelisko tells how Bob Seger cancelled the first major show he ever arranged just hours before the concert was due to take place and of the shenanigans of touring with Van Morrison, over the years, how he can leave you shaking your head. Zelisko also squares up to World Champion Mike Tyson after Whitney Houston asks him to get Tyson off the stage.
Along the way, Zelisko gets to promote his idols including Sir Paul McCartney and keeps the stars happy by providing $10,000 worth of flowers in Prince’s dressing room and a cheese tray fit for Queen!
The book is a lesson in how to make your dreams come true, and ALL EXCE$$ might just take you on a journey like no other.
“I say that the book took me four years to write, but it’s really 60 years in the making,” said Zelisko. “Since all this stuff actually happened, the story wrote itself. I just had to be there to decipher it – which was the hard part!
ALL EXCE$$ Occupation: Concert Promoter can be pre-ordered now by clicking here.
