memoir – Glenn Berger, PhD LCSW

October 27, 2016

by Glenn Berger in Music Memoir

Is Dylan Rude and Arrogant?

Is Dylan rude and arrogant? Watch this performance by Glenn Berger and the great Mary Lee Kortes (singing excerpts from the album, including a stirring performance of “Idiot Wind”) from the NY STUDIO CATS REUNION SHOW at The Cutting Room on September 29, 2016, about what it was like to work with Dylan on his history-making album, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, for an answer to this question.

October 10, 2016

by Glenn Berger in Success

A Night of Love, Joy, and Music

The NY Studio Cats Reunion Show at NY’s The Cutting Room was an historic event featuring over forty of New York’s top singers and musicians, featuring The Nuff Brothers, The Mar-Tays, The John Tropea Band, and Paul Shaffer and The World’s Most Dangerous Band, with special guests Valerie Simpson, Curtis King Jr, Vaneese Thomas, Dennis Collins, and Richard Frank.

January 4, 2016

by Glenn Berger in Music Memoir

Never Say No to a Rock Star

Order my memoir of my 1970s days in the New York recording world, working with the greatest artists of our age including Dylan, Jagger, Sinatra, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Judy Collins, Bette Midler, Bob Fosse and many others, under the tutelage of world-class producer/engineer Phil Ramone.

November 23, 2014

by Glenn Berger in Creativity, For the Artist, Music Memoir

Tiger in the Rain: Michael Franks and John Simon

On occasion, I worked on a record where the folks making it were nice and somewhat sane. Sometimes, these records were beautiful, and the people who made it were excellent at what they did. One such album was Tiger in the Rain by Michael Franks, produced and arranged by John Simon.

December 27, 2013

by Glenn Berger in Music Memoir, Music Mentoring

Glenn Berger Wins the Schaffner Award for Music in Literature

Winner of the Nicholas Schaffner award for Music in Literature, read my memoir of my 70s New York daze in the music biz, “Never Say No to a Rock Star,” with never before told stories of Dylan, Jagger, Sinatra, Paul Simon, Bob Fosse, Judy Collins, Bette Midler, James Brown and more.

December 27, 2013

by Glenn Berger in Music Memoir

Judy Collins and Susan Hamilton: My Best Female Mentors

Itâ€™s true that guys need male mentors who can shepherd them into the advancing stages of life. But Iâ€™ve lately come to realize how some of the most important mentoring relationships I have had in my life have been with women. Read about two of my greatest mentors, Judy Collins and Susan Hamilton.

December 25, 2013

by Glenn Berger in Music Memoir

The Time I Didn’t Have Sex With Bette Midler

Read about my ill-fated 1975 date with The Divine Miss M, Bette Midler; how I was punished by the legendary producer, Phil Ramone; and the name that Steely Dan gave me as the final humiliating blow.

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Tag Archives: memoir

Is Dylan Rude and Arrogant?

A Night of Love, Joy, and Music

Never Say No to a Rock Star

Tiger in the Rain: Michael Franks and John Simon

Glenn Berger Wins the Schaffner Award for Music in Literature

Judy Collins and Susan Hamilton: My Best Female Mentors

The Time I Didn’t Have Sex With Bette Midler