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America's
legendary road manager tells his timeless, unique story, from
his early days of "road mangling" with The Modern Lovers and the original
Flying Burrito Brothers, to the current art of "moving people
not equipment."
Phil "Mangler" Kaufman, the man who and stole and
cremated the body of country-rock icon Gram Parsons, and who
has been described as the entertainment industry's"executive
nanny" by Mick Jagger, tells it all. The Rolling Stones,
Frank Zappa, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Emmylou Harris, Elizabeth
Ashley, Rosanne Cash, the Byrds, the Everly Brothers.
All the classic acts are here, and each
is served up with a side order of anecdotes and background
stories. Kaufman even puts in a short appearance as Charles
Manson's record producer (resulting in the original issue of
Manson's "Lie" record
album).
There are some sentimental sagas too, such as the Concert for
Manglerdesh fundraiser that paid for Kaufman's cancer surgery.
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The movie "Grand Theft Parsons" is a fictionalized
version of the Gram Parsons body-burning episode described in "Road
Mangler Deluxe." Here is what the two principal actors have
to say about the book:
"Phil Kaufman is an
amazing character. I mean, just the basic [Gram Parsons]
story is amazing. . . . I read Phil Kaufman's book called "Road
Mangler Deluxe" and he's lived five lifetimes--his
whole life should be a movie made out of it, much less
these two days."
Johnny Knoxville
(plays Phil Kaufman in "Grand Theft Parsons")
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"His book is pretty phenomenal.
. . It's so great. It's like a fly on the wall of his thoughts
and all of the escapades he got himself into."
Christina Applegate
(plays the fictitious Barbara Mansfield in"Grand Theft Parsons")
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