LOU ADLER
Lou Adler (born December 13, 1933) is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, music executive, talent manager, songwriter, film director, film producer, and co-owner of the famous Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Adler has produced and developed a number of iconic musical artists, including Carole King, The Mamas & the Papas, and The Grass Roots. King’s Diamond-certified album Tapestry, produced by Adler, won the 1972 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and is widely considered one of the greatest Rock & Roll albums of all time. Adler was an executive producer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running theatrical film in history. He also discovered and produced comedy albums and films for Cheech & Chong. (More from Wikipedia)
Randall Roberts writes of a story about Kim Fowley in Barney Hoskyns' book on Los Angeles pop music, Waiting for the Sun: “[Kim Fowley] exaggerated history and his role in it, and his competitiveness knew no bounds. Longtime music mogul Lou Adler described to Hoskyns a particular encounter with Fowley: ‘I once made him open up his suitcase, and there was nothing in it, which sums him up.’”
(January 2015/1)
