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November 12, 2019
10 Questions with ... Barry LyonsBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Started out sweeping the floors / cleaning the toilets in the warehouse for a chain of record stores based in Buffalo, NY. By 1974, I was managing one of the stores. Fast forward to 1978, I had landed a regional promotion job with Elektra Records - first in Buffalo, then in Chicago. That was a glorious time. The people I've been blessed to learn from, to work with, to get to know - if I could get them all in one place, I could open up my own Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame.
1. What made you want to get into the music business and who were your early mentors and first job?
Growing up, my dad owned a chain of music stores in upstate NY, so I was always around music. I remember, when the Beatles were exploding, their 2nd album was about to hit, my dad had to get like 1100 albums split up and delivered to four locations. And they needed to show up at the 4 stores at the same time. Keep in mind, I was maybe 10 or 11 at the time, but that was when my dad gave me my first lessons in promotion - he hired some off-duty cops, had them turn the sirens and the lights on "max," and they made the deliveries. Sold 'em all out in an hour or two. Not long after that, I was at a Peter & Gordon show in Rochester, NY, my father was a co-promoter, so I got to hang out backstage. It was all rock stars and pretty girls - and I was hooked for life!
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