Alice Cooper Introduces a Supermensch Summit with Shep Gordon!

About this episode

Shep Gordon shares stories from his colorful life as a talent manager and promoter of celebrity chefs in a Supermensch Super Summit.

Shep Gordon -- the legendary and beloved talent manager of iconic musicians, a pioneer in promoting celebrity chefs and early independent film producer whose wildly colorful life story was warmly celebrated by director Mike Meyers in the 2013 documentary "Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon" -- Zooms in from Maui for a Supermensch Super Summit. Shep shares great stories about his interactions with everyone from Jimi Hendrix and his client for life and iconic rock star friend Alice Cooper to Teddy Pendergrass, Groucho Marx, Raquel Welch and so many more, as well as how Shep helped turn great chefs into rock stars and has even helped the Dalai Lama over the years. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Phil Rosenthal, David Wild

Guest: Shep Gordon

Topics covered

• talent management
• celebrity chefs
• rock stars
• storytelling
• community building
• independent film

Keywords

• Shep Gordon
• Alice Cooper
• celebrity chefs
• rock stars
• Mike Meyers
• Supermensch
• community
• food

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Somebody Feed the People, philrosenthalworld.com

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