Danny Fields, The Doula Of Punk Rock

DANNYss-slide-4OTM-jumboDanny Fields broke into the industry working for Elektra Records, first doing publicity for the Doors, then signing both Iggy Pop’s band the Stooges and the MC5 (on the same day), and later managing the Ramones.

Check out the link for the audio of Lou Reed reacting to Danny playing him the Ramones for the first time.

Hear it at nytimes.com

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